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Unread 09-28-2006, 06:44 PM
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Default Re: BIG DIESEL - SKOOLS CHECK IT OUT!

TinMan, either that was a Navy ship or one of the old SL-7 containerships?

Anybody ever hear of the SS United States? It was a cruise ship with what was effectively an aircraft carrier power plant. It was capable of making 268,000 hp. Think of what that plant burned. Also, it's a steam plant and they burn roughly twice the fuel as a similarly powered diesel plant.
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