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October, 1926 MARINE REV LE WwW 43 Shipping Board’s First Repeat Order for Diesel Engines placed with WORTHINGTON —— A 4 od SS SARA 6)... — De RSs “ Reece eee ——y7 OOTY = HE first repeat order for Diesel Oil Engines in the Shipping Board’s program of conversion of idle ships has been placed with the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation. This order is for six auxiliary Diesel Oil Engines of the two-cycle, single-acting, port-scavenging, air-injection type. The engines are of crosshead design with all parts ot the running gear force-feed lubricated. Stuffing boxes between the working cylinders and the crank case prevent contamination of the lubricating oil and permit the use of the under side of the motive pistons and the lower part of the motive cylinders for furnishing the requisite scavenging air. The engines are duplicates of the six Worthington auxiliary Diesel Engines pur- chased in 1925 for installation on the M. S. “Tampa” and the M. S. “Unicoi” fer which Worthington supplied the double-acting, two-cycle main engines—the first main-drive engines completed under the Shipping Board’s conversion program. Quick deliveries are a part of Worthington service. Repeat crders the result » unexcelled design and performance. Worthington auxiliary Diesel Engines, part opsrating engine-room and deck machinery. vering tanks; and in case of emergency, sup- of the Shipping Board’s initial order, ready Each engine is equipped with an oversize air plying injection air to the main engines. for} shipment. The engines are direct-con- compressor sufficient to furnish injection air When excess air is not required, the extra nected to 75-kw. direct-current generators for its own requirements and also170 cu.ft. cylinder for supplying this air is cut out by for supplying electricity for lighting and for of free air per minute for charging manoeu- a simple device. ee eee Oil and Gas Engines Pumps Compressors Condensers Oil and Water Meters Feedwater Heaters 97314 eee WORTHINGTON PUMP AND MACHINERY CORPORATION, 115 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY, BRANCH OFFICES IN 24 CITIB? Please mention MARINE REVIEW when writing to Advertisers