Six 168-ft and two 283-ft combination passenger and freight vessels built for Ming Sung Industrial Co, Chungking; 168-ft vessels have beam of 33 ft and max draft of 8 ft 6 in., and are powered by two 1200-hp General Motors Model 12-278-A Diesel engines; 283-ft steamers have beam of 50 ft and draft of 12 ft, and are fitted with two 2500-bhp DeLaval high speed, cross compound, double reduction geared steam turbines driving propellers through Falk flexible couplings, at 250 rpm.


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    Title :

    Steamers for Yangtze river


    Additional title:

    Pac Mar Rev


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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