Socony Vacuum Oil Co towboat is equipped with Kort nozzles and contraguide rudders; vessel, built by St Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Co, has length 156 ft, beam 35 ft, depth 11 ft and draft 8 ft; all bulkheads of 3/8-in. plates are stiffened both vertically and horizontally; propelled by 2 General Motors Diesels and Falk reverse reduction gears, each driving 4-blade 102-in. diam propeller. (see also Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 56 n 9 Sept 1951 p 61-2)
Diesel ship "La Crosse socony"
Diesel Progress
Diesel Progress ; 17 , n 9
1951
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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