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 Eng and Shipg Age v 39 n 3 Mar 1934 p 84-92 and 111; and Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 41 n 298 Dec 1934 p 603-7 1 supp plate)


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    Title :

    Delmarva, new transport steamer for Chesapeake Bay


    Additional title:

    Mar Rev


    Published in:

    Marine Review ; 64 , n 1


    Publication date :

    1934


    Size :

    2 pages


    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