Four ocean going hopper dredges, built to specifications of Army Engineer Corps, completed at Wilmington, Delaware, yards of Dravo Corp; length oa 215 ft 11 in.; breadth oa 53 ft; draft loaded 12 ft 6 in.; propelled by two 12-cyl, 2-cycle, 950-bhp General Motors Diesel engines, directly connected to two d-c generators, one of which is used exclusively for propulsion and other for driving dredge pump. (See also Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 50 n 6 June 1945 p 158-9, 184; Pac Mar Rev v 42 n 7 July 1945 p 390-2)


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    Title :

    Four diesel electric dredges for U. S. engineers


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Published in:

    Motorship ; 80 , n 7


    Publication date :

    1945


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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