Navy harbor tug converted to Diesel electric fire boat with 10,000 gal per min pumping capacity, by Pacific Drydock and Repair Co, Oakland, for Oakland Fire Dept; length 99 ft 7 in.; beam 25 ft 6 in.; mean draft 10 ft 6 in.; powered by two 650-hp McIntosh and Seymour Diesel engines through Westinghouse Diesel electric drive; two 515-hp propulsion motors and common reduction gear turn single screw at 160 rpm.
New fireboat "port of Oakland"
Pac Mar Rev
Pacific Marine Review ; 46 , n 12
1949
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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