Cargo vessel, Michigan, employed principally to carry liquid caustics from chemical plants in Detroit to New York and liquid sugar on return trip to Detroit, operated by Michigan-Atlantic Corp; length oa 253 ft; beam 36 ft; depth at sides 15 ft; gross tonnage 1100; cargo capacity 1500 net tons; original Fairbanks-Morse engines in service 28 yr, have been replaced by two 5-cyl Model 31A8 1/2 Fairbanks-Morse Diesels, each developing 275 hp at 525 rpm. (see also Diesel Progress v 17 n 4 Apr 1951 p 50-1; similar unsigned description in Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 56 n 5 May 1951 p 48-9)
Unique cargo ship dieselized
Motorship
Motorship ; 36 , n 3
1951
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1951
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