Word: turbo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...also faster, than any ever built before. . . . She will be more than 1,000 feet long, nearer in fact to 1,100 feet. . . .* In her motive power she will follow a comparatively new line, first laid down by the United States Navy and later followed by the French-namely, turbo-electric drive. "Steam from her 30 boilers will drive turbines directly coupled to electric generators. Electric motors supplied with current from the generators will drive her four propeller shafts. . . . Similar equipment is used on the French Navy's flotilla leader Verdun, the first warship ever to attain a speed...
...fleet of 46 steamers. At present I. M. M. is the U. S. agent of its once greatest unit, White Star. While it no longer owns the White Star's big three, it still has many an interesting ship. Of these, especially famed are: 1) Pennsylvania, California, and Virginia, turbo-electrics operated by Panama Pacific Line, the largest U. S.-built ships of their type; 2) Minnetonka and Minnewaska of Atlantic Transport Lines; 3) Belgenland, largest in the Red Star Service. Another important I. M. M. unit is the Frederick Leyland Line, sailing between European, Central and North American...