Todd Dry Docks, Inc., under supervision of and to plans prepared by T. E. Ferris, reproduce new and improved passenger liner Havana, from discarded navy hospital ship Comfort; length overall, 429 ft.; displacement, 10,250-tons; Havana has two triple-expansion, 3cylinder, vertical-inverted, direct-acting engines of 5000 hp. each; eight Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boilers with total heating surface of 21,136 sq. ft. were installed to burn oil under forced draft; refrigerating plant; electric power plant; navigational equipment. (see also Mar. News, vol. 14, no. 10, Mar. 1928, pp. 43 and 59, 1 fig)


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    Title :

    A remarkable transformation


    Additional title:

    Pac. Mar. Rev.


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    4 pages


    Remarks:

    7 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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