Diesel electric tug, Paterson, built at Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay for harbor fleet of Erie Railroad; length oa 101 ft 6 in.; breadth molded extreme 24 ft; depth 13 ft 6 in.; main power plant is 12-cyl G M model 278A Diesel, direct connected to 814-kw d-c generator furnishing current to 1000-hp propulsion motor which operates at 700 to 785 rpm; motor speed is reduced through Farrel-Birmingham gears to shaft speeds of 120 to 150 rpm. (See also Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 54 n 3 Mar 1949 p 73-4)


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    Title :

    Erie railroad diesel tug Paterson


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Published in:

    Motorship ; 34 , n 3


    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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