First combination of freight and passenger motorliner in America, built by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa.; length o.a. 470 ft. 8 in.; beam 61 ft.6 in.; depth 37 ft.; propelled by two 4-cylinder Sun-Doxford opposed-piston reversible oil engines each 2700 s.hp. at 100 r.p.m. driving twin screws and capable of maintaining speed of 13 1/2 knots; cylinder bore 23.62 in. and stroke 79.12 in.; passenger accommodations. (see also Naut. Gaz., vol. 118, no. 2, Jan. 11, 1930, pp. 33-39, 6 figs.; Brit. Motor Ship, vol. 10, no. 120, Mar. 1930, pp. 470-474, 11 figs.; Pac. Mar Rev., vol. 27, no. 3, Mar. 1930, pp. 97-99 and 101, 5 figs., and Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age, vol. 35, no. 2, Feb. 1930, pp. 72-83, 19 figs)
Motorship city of New York
Motorship
Motorship ; 15 , n 2
1930
7 pages
13 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1930
Engineering Index Backfile | 1930
Engineering Index Backfile | 1930
Engineering Index Backfile | 1930
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