US Navy tests on Liberty Ship John L. Sullivan, using 4 turboprop aircraft engines on gun mounts with engines running at 3000 hp each, showed good ship maneuverability in shallow debris filled water, but aircraft propellers were considered inadequate; design of windmill type airscrew, possibility of 391-ft diam, is proposed as sail to alternate with engine power for merchant ship seagoing propulsion; diagrams.
Airscrew for ship propulsion: its commercial aspect
Am Soc Naval Engrs -- J
1961
10 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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