Puget Sound Boat Building Corp turned out clipper for Frank Perry and Ed Madruga, San Diego; 107×26×14.6 ft draft; 13 ft depth; packs 210 tons of frozen tuna; main propulsion is 8-cyl direct reversing Cooper Bessemer Diesel, with full air operated control developing 650 hp at 450 rpm, swinging 64×38 Coolidge Air propeller; speed between 10 and 11 knots; Howe ice machines.


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    Title :

    Tuna clipper "Columbia"


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1952


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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