Tugboat United States, built by St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Co for Federal Barge Lines, can push 40 barges loaded with 40,000 tons of cargo; boat will be in service on lower Mississippi River; length is 180 ft, width 58 ft, and displacement of 8 1/2-ft draft 1760 tons; four Cooper-Bessemer engines developing 8500 hp drive four 108-in. diam propellers; plan. See also Engineering Index 1958 p 1299. (See also Mar Eng v 64 n 1 Jan 1959 p 42-7; articles by J.H.LAVELY, in Rivers and Harbors v 44 n 1 Jan 1959 p 19-22, 37)
World's most powerful towboat
Diesel Progress
Diesel Progress ; 25 , n 2
1959
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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