Built by Todd Shipyards Corp, Brooklyn; 130 ft long, beam 28 ft, draft 8 ft 6 in., molded depth 12 ft 9 in., displacement 436 tons; carries five Sterling Viking II gasoline engines rated at 548 hp at 1150 rpm. (See also Mar Eng and Shipg Age v 37 n 1 Jan 1932 p 30-2; Mar Engine-Bldr v 39 n 269 Sept 1932 p 445-6)


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    Title :

    World's most powerful fireboat


    Additional title:

    Pac Mar Rev


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1932


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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