> Jim, I've only served on a few ships being something of a landlocked
 > sailor, but I was assigned to "Wiper" duty on two of them, and they used
 > Fuel oil -> boiler -> steam turbine -> AC generator -> 3 Phase motor 
 > gearbox -> prop shaft -> prop, type power transmission, and I believe
 > that was typical for ships of that era. Designed roughly 40-50 years
Elvis,
 Thanks for the clarification. I've been on several WWII-era ships, but those 
were strictly mechanical-drive.
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