Third of fleet of three Diesel powered towboats built by St Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Co for Lake Tankers Corp; vessel has all welded steel hull measuring 110 × 30 × 8 ft and has draft of 5 ft 6 in. when loaded; it is powered with two 5-cyl, 12 in. × 15 in. Fairbanks-Morse 2-cycle Diesel engines normally rated 500 hp at 400 rpm.


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    Title :

    Diesel towboat "Tri-Cities"


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1940


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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