John F.Kennedy is first of three new boats for run between Staten Island and Manhattan; vessel was built for New York City's Dept of Marine and Aviation by Levingston Shipbuilding Co; length oa 294 ft, beam over guards 69 ft, depth molded 20 ft 7 in., displacement molded 2259.5 tons; General Motors EMD diesel-electric propulsion plant is designed to give service speed of 17.5 mph.


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    Title :

    New York harbor gets new ferryboat


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng/Log


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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