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Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), December 1924, p. 473

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ProminentWestinghouse Installations Westinghouse electrical equipment especially designed for marine practice has been selected for the first Diesel-electric conversion of a United States Shipping Board ship, the sea going tanker Allentown, re-name* the J. W. Van Dyke by the new owners, the Atlantic Refining Company. This 8,000 ton tanker will be propelled by a 2300 s.h.p., 750 volt, direct-current Westinghouse double-armature motor, driving the single screw at 100 r.p.m., with power for propul- sion and the ship’s use supplied by three 600 k.w., 250-volt Westinghouse generators and three 50 k.w. exciters. The below deck auxiliaries will be Westinghouse motorized and controlled. The Challenger, converted to direct Diesel drive, is equipped above and below deck with Westinghouse generators, motors and control. The U. S. Shipping Board’s first motorship, the Wm. ‘Penn, the motorships, Californian and Seekonk, are equipped with Westinghouse motors and control for the deck auxiliaries. Similar Westinghouse motors and control will be installed on the Clyde Line steamers Cherokee and Seminole. Other Westinghouse installations on Diesel electric ships with pilot house control include the following: J. H. Senior, tanker; P. R. R. No. 16 tug; Poughkeepsie ferryboat; J. B. Battle, stern wheel towboat; dredges, A. McKenzie, Wm. T. Rossell, Dan. C. Kingman, A. L. Marshall; yachts, Guainivere, Elfay, Valero II, Alcyone and Cutty Sark, and the electrical equipment of the dredges Gulfport, Allegheny, Port of Port- dand and Norfolk. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company East Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Sales Offices in all Principal American Cities Service Stations in Principal American Ports Special Pacific Coast Representatives Hunt, Mirk & Company, San Francisco Westinghouse

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