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NASHVILLE B.—River Towboat—Stern Wheel—Diesel Name—NASHVILLE B Owner—Nashville Bridge Co. Builder—Nashville Bridge Co. Designed by—H. B. Dyer Completed—July, 1926 Classification—Towboat, Western Rivers HULL PARTICULARS Length overall, 131 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 110 feet; breadth molded, 28 feet; depth molded, 5 feet 38 inches; draft, 4 feet; sheer forward, 18 inches; net tonnage, 111; bunker oil capacity gives an operating period of one month without refueling. MACHINERY PARTICULARS i Main Engines—Two Worthington, direct re- versible, two-cycle solid injection marine diesel engines, each of 200 brake horsepower; each engine is direct-connected to a drive shaft with cutout couplings to facilitate, idling for adjust- ment purposes. The drive shafts are connected with the jack shafts that drive the stern wheels by link chains. Auxiliary Engine—One 3-cylinder 18-horse- power Hill diesel engine direct-connected on the DESCRIPTION A steel shallow draft stern wheel diesel pro- pelled river towboat of latest design. Relia- bility and the ability to back and flank a heavy tow are the chief characteristics of this boat. Two wheels each 15 feet 4 inches in diameter with 13 buckets 30 inches deep and 9 feet 3 inches long operate at 23 revolutions per minute. same bed plate to a 12-kilowatt 120-volt direct current generator furnishes current for lights, electric capstans, motor-driven fire and bilge pump and other appliances. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Fire & Bilge Pump—One centrifugal, Worth- ington Compressor—One two-stage Worthington Capstans—Two, Laclede Iron. Works Searchlight—One, 14-inch, Carlisle & Finch Electric Generator—Engberg This vessel has a complete steel hull with a well-modeled bow to prevent drift from going under the boat and lodging in the rudders. The easy rake and 20 feet of run at the stern with transom well above the water together with well rounded bilges and flared sides gives her exceptional backing and maneuvering power. Each one of the two diesel engines are direct- connected to a separate stern wheel so that should it be necessary to stop one engine the other can continue to operate and to keep the boat underway. }__ aero Ey aT SS al HH | STERNWHEEL TOWBOAT NASHVILLE BRIDGE CO. MARINE REVIEW—-April, 1927 Ree