Twin screw tug with all welded steel hull built by St Louis Shipbldg and Steel Co, for John I. Hay Co, Chicago; length 156 ft; beam 35 ft; depth 10 ft; propelled by two model 38, 10-cyl, 8 1/8-in. by 10-in. opposed piston Fairbanks-Morse engines, each developing 1600 hp at 720 rpm. (See also Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 53 n 2 Feb 1948 p 59-60; Naut Gaz v 142 n 3 Mar 1948 p 24-5; Diesel Progress v 14 n 3 Mar 1948 p 38-9)


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    Title :

    Diesel river towboat fort Dearborn


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Published in:

    Motorship ; 33 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1948


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Diesel river towboat fort Dearborn

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