Report on full scale backing tests carried out by General Electric Co and Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co on oil tanker Esso Suez, which is equipped with General Electric geared turbines driving single screw and rated at 12,500 shp at 112 rpm with provision for 10% continuous overload; test schedule and instrumentation; data obtained and their analysis; ship performance; etc. (see also Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 56 n 1 Jan 1951 p 44-51)


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    Title :

    Backing power of geared-turbine-driven vessels


    Additional title:

    Soc Naval Architects Mar Engrs -- Advance Paper


    Contributors:
    Hewins, E.F. (author) / Chase, H.J. (author) / Ruiz, A.L. (author)

    Conference:

    Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers -- Meeting ; 1950 Turboelectric



    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    41 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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