Steamship of United States Lines ready for launching at Camden yards of New York Shipbuilding Co; length oa 750 ft, beam molded 86 ft, gross register 30,000 t, speed 20 knots; powered with two triple-expansion Parsons-type single-reduction geared steam turbines capable of producing 34, 500 shp. (See also Mar News v 19 n 1 and 3 June 1932 p 32-34, 36, 38 and 40; and Aug 1932 p 25-30, 34, 38, 40 and 42; Mar Rev v 62 n 9 Sept 1932 p 7-31; Mar Engr and Motorship Bldr v 55 n 660 Sept 1932 p 302-3; Mar Eng and Shipg Age v 37 n 8 Aug 1932 p 308-63; Pac Mar Rev v 29 n 9 Sept 1932 p 322-3; and Log v 19 n 6 Sept 1932 p 9-10 and 28)


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    Title :

    Manhattan -- Largest American-built commercial ship to sail on Maiden Voyage in August


    Additional title:

    Naut Gaz


    Published in:

    Nautical Gazette ; 122 , n 16


    Publication date :

    1932


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English