Three barges completed by Concrete Ship Constructors for U S Army; vessels have reinforced concrete hull 265 ft long, 48 ft beam and 17 ft depth; engine room contains four Worthington Diesel engines each direct driving 100-kw Westinghouse generator at 600 rpm to supply current for refrigeration plant; two 50-ton York ice machines turn at 750 rpm and are V-belt driven by General Electric motors of 125 hp at 1200 rpm; freezing agent is Freon gas.


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    Title :

    "BRL" type refrigerated concrete barges


    Additional title:

    Pac Mar Rev


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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