Built by Levingston Shipbuilding Co, Orange, Tex, for "La Translacustre" of Venezuela, for service on Lake Maracaibo, "Caracas" has length oa 176 ft 3 in., beam 42 ft, depth 12 ft, load draft 8 ft, gross tonnage 557.18 tons, and speed 9 knots; powered by single Atlas Imperial, 6-cyl, direct reversible diesel, developing 600 bhp at 300 rpm.


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    Title :

    Ferryboat Caracas for Venezuela


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng Shipg Rev



    Publication date :

    1952


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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