From the Moorage Files. Firing up the 25,000 HP Diesel

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Starting A Cargo Ship Engine Is A Lot Harder Than You Think

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#2

Cool stuff

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I saw a similar clip recently. I forget the ship’s name, and it only had an 8 foot stroke, but I think it has 16 cylinders, supposedly the largest such engine in existence. Very cool.

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BTW, I read recently that the Queen Mary 2, the largest (and probably the last) transatlantic ocean liner gets about SIX INCHES per gallon of fuel when underway.

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that’s what she said

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Big boats need lots of torque lol

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I saw a doc where they had to replace the engine and had to cut a gigantic hole in the side of the ship -