New towboat United States being built by St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel for Federal Barge Lines; boat is 85 ft wide and 180 ft long; tug is quad-screw, with 8600 hp from four Cooper-Bessemer diesel engines; intended for service on lower Mississippi, it will be capable of pushing tows up to 40,000 tons.
World's most powerful towboat
Rivers Harbors
Rivers and Harbors ; 43 , n 8
1958
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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