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From: Wendell Wilke
Location: Algoma, WI
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Remote Name: 4.158.198.189
Date: 09.29.08
Time: 12:06:39 PM
For example: Walter J. McCarthy Jr. (ex Belle River). Her fuel type is #2 Diesel Oil. Her particulars are (4) General Motors Corp., Electro-Motive Div. Diesel Engines, Model 20-645E7, 3,500HP each, (2) per twin shafts, 14,000SHP total, each shaft w/Falk, (2) pinion reduction gear, 900 to 121 RPM, and 17.22 ft. dia. Propulsion Systems, Inc. controllable pitch propellers. (2) shaft driven 2,500 KW, 4,160 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle, A.C. generators plus 600 KW, 480 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle, A.C. ship's service generators and (1) 200 KW emergency generator. Machinery arranged for (1) man engine room operation w/bridge control of propulsion machinery. Her average fuel consumption per day is 12,000 gallons and her speed is 15.7mph loaded and 16.3mph in ballast.
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