Designed and built by Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co, tug has unique combination of rudder design and eddy current, slip coupling power transmission that provides speed and direction control, allowing start, stop, reverse or change direction in matter of seconds; main engines are Cooper-Bessemer V-type, 8-cyl, 4 cycle Diesels rated 720-hp each at 900 rpm; length of tug is 120 ft, breadth 34 ft 5 in. and depth 11 ft. (see also Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 56 n 11 Nov 1951 p 46-8)


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    Title :

    Triple screw towboat mount Vernon


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Motorship ; 36 , n 7


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Triple screw towboat mount Vernon

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