Brief commentary on "Quad" drive developed by General Motors, which has been in production for nearly year and is being widely used in various landing barges of U S Navy; Quad consists of four standard 6-cyl General Motors Diesel engines geared to common propeller shaft in such manner that assembly occupies relatively little space, permitting greater capacity for troops, tanks, vehicles or other cargo; basic engines are identical.


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    Title :

    Multiple diesel marine drive


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Contributors:
    Walton, F. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1943


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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