Aircraft Engines Propel Ship
(Rec. 8 p.m.) . BALTIMORE, August 30. The United States Navy has completed tests of a ship propelled by four aircraft engines mounted on the deck. The screw has been removed and the engineroom sealed off. The experimental ship is at the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Baltimore for repairs. Shipyard sources said it was converted at Jacksonville, Florida, brought to Norfolk, Virginia, and then towed to Baltimore from Norfolk.
The Navy said the tests were to determine the practicability and usefulness of aircraft-type power for surface vessels. The test ship, the YAG-37, a district auxiliary ship, attained speeds up to seven knots and proved manoeuvrable in various conditions. The tests indicated the possible future' usefulness of this mode of power for ships up to 14,000 tons, when speed was not essential.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28371, 2 September 1957, Page 11
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