Diesel Engines Attributed to Lieutenant Chester W. Nimitz
- Object Type
- Photograph
- Object ID
- 5870
- Date
- 1910s
- creator
- Naval Historical Foundation
- Description
- 2-cycle single acting six cylinder diesel engines, 2500 BHP each engine, built by Fleet Admiral (then a lieutenant) Chester W. Nimitz in the machine shop of the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York for the Navy tanker, USS MAUMEE, 1913-1916. Courtesy of Fleet Admiral Nimitz
- Related Collection
- Naval History and Heritage Command’s Photo Archives
- Naval ID
- NH 62731
- Subjects
- Interiors, Machinery, USS Maumee (AO-2)
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