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.


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    Title :

    Airscrew for ship propulsion: its commercial aspect


    Additional title:

    Am Soc Naval Engrs -- J


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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