Vessel converted from steam tug into Diesel towboat by Townsend Petroleum Transportation Co; propelled by direct-reversing 6-cyl Cooper-Bessemer Diesel, with 11 1/2 in. bore by 15-in. stroke; high efficiency in towing achieved by use of large-diameter slow-speed propeller driven through gears by engine operating at 360 rpm.


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    Title :

    Diesel-gear driven tug dandy


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Published in:

    Motorship ; 18 , n 11 ; p 480-481


    Publication date :

    1933


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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