Vessel constructed in Staten Island, New York, yard of United Shipyards; length oa 134 ft; beam 32 ft; depth 13 ft 3 in.; propelled by two 16-cyl, 8 1/2-in. by 10 1/2 in. Vee-type, 2-cycle General Motors Diesel engines, developing 1500 hp at 750 rpm; four fire pumps are of 2-stage centrifugal type, each driven by 400-hp motor at 1500 rpm, and having capacity of 5000 gal per min against 150 lb pressure. (See also Diesel Progress v 4 n 11 Nov 1938 p 30-2; Mar Progress v 6 n 11 Nov 1938 p 12-3 and 28-8; Log v 32 n 2 Nov 1938 p 10-11 and 24; Mar News v 25 n 6 Nov 1938 p 45-8)
"Fire fighter" -- Diesel electric fire boat
Motorship
Motorship ; 23 , n 11
1938
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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"Fire fighter" -- Diesel electric fire boat
Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
|"Fire fighter" -- Diesel electric fire boat
Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
|"Fire fighter" -- Diesel electric fire boat
Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
|"Fire fighter" -- Diesel electric fire boat
Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
|"Fire fighter" -- Diesel electric fire boat
Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
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