Built by Furness Shipbuilding Co, for Eagle Oil and Shipping Co; length oa 537 ft; breadth molded 69 ft; depth molded 37 ft; propelling machinery consists of single turbine direct coupled to GEC 3-phase 3320-v alternator which supplies current to propulsion motor which delivers 9000 shp at 124 rpm; steam supplied to main turbine by two forced circulation boilers, each having normal load capacity of 60,000 lb of steam per hr at pressure of 500 psi and temperature of 800 F. (See also - illus p 366; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 74 n 4-7 July 28 1949 p 104-7 Aug 18 1949 p 198-202; Engineer v 188 n 4883, 4884, Aug 26 1949 p 232-3, Sept 2 p 251-3; Steam Engr v 19 n 217 Oct 1949 p 20-2; Petroleum v 12 n 11 Nov 1949 p 281-3)


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    Title :

    Turbo-electric tanker "san Silvestre."


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 168 , n 4367


    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Turbo-electric tanker "san Silvestre."

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949


    Turbo-electric tanker "san Silvestre."

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949


    Turbo-electric tanker "san Silvestre."

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949


    Turbo-electric tanker "san Silvestre."

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949


    Turbo-electric tanker "Hyalina,"

    Wethered, V.D. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1948