First of three steamships being built for United Mail Steamship Co., subsidiary of United Fruit Co., at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.'s yard in Newport News, Va.; dimensions will be 447 ft. length o.a.; 60 ft. beam; gross tonnage 7200; speed 18 knots; main turbines, generators and motors are being built by General Electric Co., and will be capable of developing 10,500 s.hp. (See also Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age, vol. 36, no. 4, Apr. 1931, p. 189; and Mar. News, vol. 17, no. 11, Apr. 1931, pp. 77 and 89, 1 fig)
Keel laid for first ship of new united fruit fleet
Pac. Mar. Rev.
Pacific Marine Review ; 28 , n 4
1931
Article (Journal)
English
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Keel laid for first ship of new united fruit fleet
Engineering Index Backfile | 1931
Keel laid for first ship of new united fruit fleet
Engineering Index Backfile | 1931
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