United States Army river towboat LTI-2194 with two vertical axis propellers mounted in separate wells in stern of boat; six metal blades project from rotor of each assembly for both steering and propelling vessel; length molded 150 ft; beam molded 32 ft; depth 10 ft; draft 7 ft; main engines are two Cooper-Bessemer 12-cyl supercharged diesels developing 1000 hp each at 900 shaft rpm. (See also Diesel Progress v 20 n 2 Feb 1954 p 48-9; Mar Eng v 69 n 2 Feb 1954 p 36-9; Motorship v 39 n 1 Jan 1954 p 16-9)
Rudderless towboat
Naut Gaz
Nautical Gazette ; 149 , n 1
1954
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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