Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp has delivered to American President Lines first of new APL Seamasters; among features, ship is almost entirely of high-tensile, low-alloy steels, operates with single boiler and has gas turbine for emergency power or propulsion; boiler capacity at normal power is 150,000 lb of steam/hr; maximum continuous rating of General Electric steam turbine is 24,000 shp and normal 21,000 shp; hull length oa 573 ft 11 in., beam molded 82 ft, maximum dw 12, 993 tons, general cargo capacity 795,920 cu ft and reefer 49,100 cu ft; plans.
President van buren -- Ship of 'firsts'
Mar Eng/Log
Marine Engineering/Log ; 72 , n 9
1967
Article (Journal)
English
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