91-ft, 215-ton, lightship "EXP-99" being built at Curtis Bay, Maryland; after 2-mo dock trial, lightship will be given further tests near Scotland Lightship; with aid of Westinghouse remote control system, single operator at Sandy Hook, NJ, Coast Guard Station will have complete control over lightship's signaling system; three Westinghouse generators will supply electricity for light, radio beacon, and fog signal; automatic controls start Buda Diesel engines that drive generators. (see also Motorship v 35 n 7 July 1950 p 24-6)


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    Titel :

    Electronic "crew" mans robot lightship


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Pac Mar Rev


    Erschienen in:

    Pacific Marine Review ; 47 , n 6 ; p 50-53


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1950


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Lightship

    Gillette, E.C. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1930


    Lightship

    Gillette, E.C. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1930


    Diesels in lightship service

    Johnson, A.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1937


    Lightship with electric lights

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1891


    New spurn lightship

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1959