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)
Modern ferry for puget sound
Mar Engr
Marine Engineer ; 58 , n 696
1935
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1935
Engineering Index Backfile | 1935
Engineering Index Backfile | 1935
Engineering Index Backfile | 1935
Engineering Index Backfile | 1935