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by sswcharlie
Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:42 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Robert H. Macy - Naval Architect and Marine Engineer
Replies: 2
Views: 4349

Re: Robert H. Macy - Naval Architect and Marine Engineer

Hi Everyone Still trying to locate information on the Macy papers/archives etc and where they might be located. Seems he was pretty well known in the South and when he passed away as he had no family, where would the papers etc have gone for history's sake ? He was a long time resident of Moss Point...
by sswcharlie
Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:59 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Ingalls News and Newport News
Replies: 0
Views: 3058

Ingalls News and Newport News

Hi

Where do I locate copies of the in-house magazines ' Ingalls News' and ' Newport News' for the 1944 to 1946 period ? Issued monthly I believe. Is there any used marine magazines business out there



Thanks

Charles
by sswcharlie
Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:28 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Robert H. Macy - Naval Architect and Marine Engineer
Replies: 2
Views: 4349

Robert H. Macy - Naval Architect and Marine Engineer

Hi From approx 1940s thru to the 1990s Mr Robert H. Macy operated in Mississippi (Pascagoula), and other places, as a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer. He produced many marine ship designs etc and marine related books, including on safety etc. Worked at sometimes with Ingalls Shipbuilding (was Ch...
by sswcharlie
Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:55 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Vintage 'Diesel Power' Magazine
Replies: 0
Views: 3457

Vintage 'Diesel Power' Magazine

Hi In the 1940s there was a magazine called 'Diesel Power'. Which covered all diesels including marine. I would like to locate Volume 24, 1946. Pages 588-589, 61. An article on the Ingalls 4-S diesel locomotive. This loco had a Superior Engine installed from there marine range. Is anyone able to adv...
by sswcharlie
Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:16 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Vintage Superior Engines & Compressors Model 65-LX-6
Replies: 2
Views: 2639

Vintage Superior Engines & Compressors Model 65-LX-6

Marine topic by manufacturer. In 1946 Superior Engine & Compressor Company (marine engine manufacturers) produced an engine model # 65-LX-6. One engine of this model was installed in a locomotive. That was the Ingalls Iron Works Model 4-S. Firstly I would like to locate sound recordings of this ...