Great lakes ore carrier owned by Inland Steel Co, converted from steam to Diesel electric propulsion by American Ship Building Co; length oa 552 ft; beam 56 ft; depth 31 ft; propelled by two 12-cyl, 2-cycle General Motors Diesel engines developing 1200 bhp at 175 rpm, which are direct connected to Allis-Chalmers 814-kw, 560-v, d-c generators, with 24-kw, 120-v, d-c exciters. (see also Motorship v 31 n 11 Nov 1946 p 916-21; Diesel Progress v 12 n 11 Nov 1946 p 44-7)
Lake freighter E. J. Block converted to diesel-electric propulsion
Mar Eng Shipg Rev
Marine Engineering and Shipping Review ; 51 , n 11
1946
10 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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