First of three liners building for Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco, at Fore River plant of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass.; length oa 632 ft; beam 79 ft; draft 28 ft; displacement 26,000 tons; speed 20 1/2 knots; main propelling machinery consists of three turbines of 22,000 shp and set of single reduction gears on each shaft; steam supplied by 12 water-tube boilers. See also Engineering Index 1931 p 1368. (See also Am Soc Naval Engrs -- J v 44 n 1 Feb 1932 p 66-91 7 supp plates; similar anonymous descriptions in Mar Rev v 62 n 2 Feb 1932 p 15-26 and 54; Mar Eng and Shipg Age v 37 n 2 Feb 1932 p 54-84; Pac Mar Rev v 29 n 2 Feb 1932 p 45-56 1 supp plate; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 39 n 10 Mar 10 1932 p 300-303; Mar News v 18 n 9 Feb 1932 p 32-7 and 40; and Mar Engr and Motorship Bldr v 55 n 654 Mar 1932 p 93-9)


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    Title :

    Matson liner S.S. Mariposa


    Additional title:

    Log


    Contributors:
    Cox, O.L. (author)

    Published in:

    Log ; 18 , n 5


    Publication date :

    1932


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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