In less than two yr, tug has traveled more than 33,000 sea miles without service failure; main propulsion unit is 8-cyl, 4 cycle direct reversing Nordberg Diesel developing 1750 shp at 327 rpm; air is supplied to engine by Elliott supercharger; tug handles 5000 ton barge at 8.5 knots with 26 day cruising radius.


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    Title :

    Repowered tug "titan"


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Contributors:
    Ball, M.T. (author)

    Published in:

    Diesel Progress ; 17 , n 10


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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