First combination of freight and passenger motorliner in America, built by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa.; length o.a. 470 ft. 8 in.; beam 61 ft.6 in.; depth 37 ft.; propelled by two 4-cylinder Sun-Doxford opposed-piston reversible oil engines each 2700 s.hp. at 100 r.p.m. driving twin screws and capable of maintaining speed of 13 1/2 knots; cylinder bore 23.62 in. and stroke 79.12 in.; passenger accommodations. (See also Motorship vol. 15, no. 2, Feb. 1930 pp. 91-97, 13 figs; Naut. Gaz., vol. 118, no. 2, Jan. 11, 1930, pp. 33-39, 6 figs.; Brit. Motor Ship, vol. 10, no. 120, Mar. 1930, pp. 470-474, 11 figs.; Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age, vol. 35, no. 2, Feb. 1930, pp. 72-83, 19 figs.)


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    Title :

    Motorship city of New York


    Additional title:

    Pac. Mar Rev.


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1930


    Remarks:

    5 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Motorship city of New York

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1930


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