Vessels for troop transport service being built by Consolidated Steel Corp, and those for cargo carrier use by Walsh-Kaiser Corp for U S Navy and designated as APA and AKA, respectively; ships have identical propulsion and auxiliary equipment; ships are twin screw, each propeller being driven by synchronous motor developing 3300 hp at 165 rpm; two propulsion turbine generator sets operate at 4950 rpm, and speed reduction ratio obtained is 30 to 1. (see also Naut Gaz v 135 n 3 Mar 1945 p 48-51)


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    Title :

    Turbine-electric combat transports


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng Shipg Rev


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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