Shipping Board freighter converted to Diesel drive by Federal Shipbuilding Co.; conversion cost government $1,082,386; principal dimensions of vessel are: length o.a. 411 ft. 9 in., beam molded 55 ft., gross tonnage 621.93, and service speed 12.3 knots; main engine is of Hamilton, M.A.N., double-acting, two-cycle design, constructed by Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Co., Hamilton, O.; cylinders 27 1/2 in. diam. by 47 1/4 in. stroke; engine will develop 4000 hp. at 110 r.p.m. (See also Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age vol. 34, no. 8, Aug. 1929 pp. 439-443, 7 figs)
Trials of motorship New Orleans
Motorship
Motorship ; 14 , n 8
1929
4 pages
8 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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