"Imperial Alberta," one of 14 "supertankers" being built by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co, Chester, Pa, for fleet of Imperial Oil Shipping Co; length 628 ft; width 82 1/2 ft; depth 42 1/2 ft; dead weight tonnage 26,000; capacity 228,000 bbl; speed 16 knots; cost $5,250,000; two Babcock and Wilcox oil fired boilers, powering General Electric double reduction turbines, will develop 12,500 shp and drive single screw.


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    Title :

    Huge new tanker for Imperial Oil. Can transportation


    Additional title:

    Can Transportation



    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    161 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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