World's first completely streamlined vessel, motor ferry Kalakala, being built by Puget Sound Navigation Co, Black Ball Line, at Plant of Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton; length 276 ft; beam 55 ft 8 in.; draft 13 ft; main engine is 10-cyl, 2-cycle, 3000-hp Busch-Sulzer Diesel unit; main engine is without auxiliaries of any kind, entire 3000 hp being used for propulsion. (See also Log v 25 n 4 July 1935 p 8-9; Brit Motor Ship v 16 n 185 July 1935 p 147; Mar Rev v 65 n 8 Aug 1935 p 10-1 and 38; Mar Eng and Shipg Age v 40 n 8 Aug 1935 p 312-3; Motorship v 20 n 8 Aug 1935 p 293-7 and 310-11; and Pac Mar Rev v 32 n 8 Aug 1935 p 232-5)


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    Title :

    Modern ferry for puget sound


    Additional title:

    Mar Engr


    Published in:

    Marine Engineer ; 58 , n 696


    Publication date :

    1935


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Modern ferry for puget sound

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1935


    Modern ferry for puget sound

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1935


    Modern ferry for puget sound

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1935


    Modern ferry for puget sound

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1935


    Modern ferry for puget sound

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1935