Single-screw turbine geared passenger and cargo liner built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. at Fore River plant, Quincy, Mass., for New York and Porto Rico line; length o.a. 429 ft.; beam molded 59 ft. 6 in.; displacement tonnage 11,000; propulsive machinery consists of single-reduction geared turbines of reaction type; turbines develop 6500 hp.; steam supplied by four Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boilers. (See also Mar. Rev., vol. 61, no. 3, Mar. 1931 pp. 18-19 and 56, 4 figs; and Mar. News, vol. 17, no. 10, Mar. 1931, pp. 77-78)
S. S. Borinquen New Porto Rico liner enters service
Mar. Eng. Shipg. Age
Marine Engineering and Shipping Age ; 36 , n 3
1931
18 pages
17 figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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S. S. Borinquen New Porto Rico liner enters service
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