Passenger and automobile steamer built by Pusey and Jones Corp; length oa 260 ft; beam 59 ft; depth molded 19 ft 1 in.; propelled by two Skinner uniflow reciprocating steam engines, each having 4 cylinders of 19 in. diam and 20 in. stroke, developing continuously 1400 shp at 200 rpm; steam supplied by two Babcock and Wilcox watertube marine boilers. (See also Mar Rev v 64 n 1 Jan 1934 p 9-10; Mar Eng and Shipg Age v 39 n 3 Mar 1934 p 84-92 and 111)


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    Title :

    Delmarva, new transport steamer for Chesapeake Bay


    Additional title:

    Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1934


    Size :

    5 pages


    Remarks:

    1 Supp plate


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :





    Delmarva enters service after successful trials

    Macmillen, R.D. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1934