Built by St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Co, for Lake Tankers Corp, Wilmington, Del; dimensions are 140 ft by 34 ft by 8 ft 6 in.; propelled by two Fairbanks-Morse, 6-cyl, 14 × 17-in., 2-cycle, pump scavenging, direct reversing Diesel engines, each developing 690 hp at 300 rpm. (See also Mar News v 27 n 1 June 1940 p 29-31 and 44; Motorship v 25 n 10 Oct 1940 p 584-5)


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    Title :

    Twin cities, new diesel towboat for Mississippi river service


    Additional title:

    Mar Progress


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1940


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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