Triple screw, 8000-hp tugboat was built for Cargo Carriers, Inc by St. Louis Shipbuilding-Federal Barge, Inc; vessel is 182 ft long by 55 ft wide by 12 ft deep, and is intended for use primarily on Mississippi River system between St. Louis and New Orleans; three, 108-in. diam, stainless steel 4-bladed propellers are driven by direct-reversing LS8-DRT Cooper-Bessemer marine diesel engines through Western Gear Model-300MVG280A reduction gears. (see also Diesel and Gas Engine Progress v 30 n 7 July 1964 p 28-9)
Towboat John H. MacMillan Jr.
Mar Eng/Log
Marine Engineering/Log ; 69 , n 8
1964
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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