Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), November 1926, p. 22

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oo MARINE REVIEW Novem Diesel Direct Drive in Tanker Los Alamos Two Engines—Each 750 B.H. P. (LULL TUE DESCRIPTION Two engines of this size and type, each di- rect-connected to sepa- rate propeller shafts were installed in the tanker Los ALAMOS. These engines are of box frame construction with ridged base and frame. Separate cylin- ders with removable liners are mounted on the frame. Attached compressors are driven by overhung cranks on the forward end of the engines. HIIILUTLSUTAU TALUS Engine Vessel Name of Engine—McIntosh & Seymour Name—Los Alamos; Builder—The hull was built Builder—McIntosh & Seymour Corp.; Cycle—4 by the Baltimore Drydock & S. B. Co. No. of Cylinders—6; B. H. P.—750; I. H. P.—960 Type—Tanker Action—Single; Injection—Air; Piston Coolg.—Air Bore—22 in.; Stroke—382 in.; R. P. M.—150 Piston Speed—800 ft. p. m.; B. H. P.per Cyl—125 Length B. P. P.—292 ft, 3 in.; Beam—47 ft. 2 in. I. H. P. per Cyl—160; Mechanical Eff.—78% Depth—28 ft. 1 in.; Draft—21 ft. 1 in. Stroke to Bore—1.45; Wkg. Strokes per Rev.—3 (yog5 Tons—3262; Deadweight—5500 tons Leth. O. A.—38 ft. 8 in.; Hght. O. A.—18 ft. 6 in. Main Drive—Diesel direct, twin screw Width Over All-_9 ft it in, No. of Propellers—Two; Speed—10 knots Reversing—Air reversing Fuel Consumption—Lbs. per B. H. P. per hr.—0.45; Air Compressors—Three-stage attached | Radius without refueling—16,000 miles. Other Standard Sizes of Engines Built Range from 100 to 10,000 B. H. P. Twin screw diesel tanker Los ALAmos of the General Petroleum Corp., San Francisco

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