Vessel for Peninsular and Occidental Steamship Co. launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; length o.a., 387 ft. 8 in.; beam molded, 36 ft. 6 in.; depth molded to promenade deck, 36 ft. 6 in.; 8500-s.hp. turbine propelling equipment will give vessel speed of 20 knots; machinery consists of two sets of cross-compound geared turbines and four oil-burning B. and W. boilers operating under forced draft with 250 lb. working pressure; launching data. (See also - nos. 4 Apr. 1931, pp. 163-164; Mar. Rev., vol. 61, no. 4, Apr. 1931 p. 67, 1 fig; Mar. News, Vols. 17 and 18, no. 11, Apr. 1931, p. 79, and no. 2, July, pp. 46-48 and 50, 2 figs.; and Mar. Rev., vol. 61, no. 6, June 1931, pp. 21-27, 11 figs)


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    Title :

    Launch S. S. Florida at Newport news


    Additional title:

    Mar. Eng. Shipg. Age


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1931


    Remarks:

    22 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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