Particulars of fire boat for City of Philadelphia; during 5 hr of testing ship's four pumps showed combined capacity of 5875 gpm at discharge pressure of 150 psi, delivering through six 2-in. nozzles; its average speed up and down stream was better than 17 mph; length oa 74 ft 10 in.; breadth molded 18 ft; depth molded 8 ft 8 in.; draft, aft 7 ft 6 in.; powered by 800-hp General Motors series 71 quad-6 Diesel. (see also Motorship v 34 n 1 Jan 1949 p 42-3; Pac Mar Rev v 46 n 2 Feb 1949 p 37-9; Naut Gaz v 143 n 3 Mar 1949 p 36-8)


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    Title :

    Philadelphia fireboat Bernard Samuel


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng Shipg Rev



    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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