First of three liners building for Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco, at Fore River plant of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass.; length oa 632 ft; beam 79 ft; draft 28 ft; displacement 26,000 tons; speed 20 1/2 knots; main propelling machinery consists of three turbines of 22,000 shp and set of single reduction gears on each shaft; steam supplied by 12 water-tube boilers. See also Engineering Index 1931 p 1368. (see also similar anonymous descriptions in Mar Rev v 62 n 2 Feb 1932 p 15-26 and 54; Mar Eng and Shipg Age v 37 n 2 Feb 1932 p 54-84; Pac Mar Rev v 29 n 2 Feb 1932 p 45-56 1 supp plate; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 39 n 10 Mar 10 1932 p 300-303; Log v 18 n 5 Feb 1932 p 5-9 and 30; Mar News v 18 n 9 Feb 1932 p 32-7 and 40; and Mar Engr and Motorship Bldr v 55 n 654 Mar 1932 p 93-9)
Matson liner S.S. Mariposa
Am Soc Naval Engrs -- J
1932
26 pages
7 Supp plates
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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