Built by St Louis Shipbldg and Steel Co for Federal Barge Lines, America is 184 ft long, has beam of 58 ft and depth of 12 1/2 ft; four Cooper-Bessemer diesel engines are rated at 9000 hp; comparisons are made with sister tug United States, which preceded America. (See also Mar Eng v 65 n 13 Dec 1960 p 68-9)


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    Title :

    MV America -- New "most powerful" towboat


    Additional title:

    Rivers Harbors


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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