Two oil barges, Spindletop and Panhandle, were built by Dravo Corp; length oa 219 ft 7 1/2 in.; molded beam 42 ft 9 in.; molded depth at center 15 ft 6 in.; draft (light) 2 ft 6 in.; cargo tank capacity 20, 000 bbl; each barge has two Waterous R-1406, heavy duty, 1500 gpm rotary cargo pumps, fitted with herringbone reduction gears; they are driven by two General Motors Series 6-71-RC32 Diesel engines.
Oil barges for seaboard shipping
Mar Eng Shipg Rev
Marine Engineering and Shipping Review ; 54 , n 11
1949
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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