Built by Superior Boat Works for Dixie Marine Corp operation; length 130 ft, breadth 37 ft, depth 11 ft, normal operating draft 8 ft; hull is subdivided by five watertight transverse bulkheads, as well as two longitudinal bulkheads forming wing tanks; two 16-cyl General Motors diesel engines are each rated 1600 bhp at 750 rpm. (See also Mar Eng v 65 n 10 Sept 1960 p 88-90)


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    Title :

    Design features of towboat superior


    Additional title:

    Rivers Harbors


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Rivers and Harbors ; 45 , n 10 ; p 26


    Publication date :

    1960


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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