First of two new $8,000,000 turbineelectric liners for Dollar Steamship lines; length o.a. 653 ft.; beam, molded 81 ft.; load draft, 32 ft.; displacement at designed load draft 33,800 tons; (cross tons, 23, 000; cruising speed 21 knots; power plant will consist of two 13,600-s.hp. General Electric turbines running at 2500 r.p.m. and driving two a.c. General Electric generators, each having continuous rating of 10,100 kw., three-phase, 4800 volts; launching arrangements. (See also Mar. Rev., vol. 61, n 8 Aug 1931 pp. 12-37, 56 figs; Mar. News, vol. 17, no. 8, Jan. 1931, pp. 78-79, 1 fig.; Pac. Mar. Rev., vol. 28, nos. 1 and 8, Jan. 1931, pp. 6-8 and Aug., pp. 310-339, 68 figs.; Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec., vol. 38, no. 7, Aug. 13, 1931, p. 213, 1 fig; Log, vol. 17, no. 5, Aug. 1931, pp. 6-11, 10 figs.; Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 54, no. 648, Sept. 1931, pp. 341-342, 1 fig.; and Far East. Rev., vol. 26, no. 12, Dec. 1930, pp. 705-706 and 711, 3 figs)


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    Title :

    S. S. President Hoover launched


    Additional title:

    Mar. Eng. Shipg. Age


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1931


    Remarks:

    5 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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