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|Ship propulsion=4 Boilers <br> 2 Curtis Turbines: 17,696 horsepower

|Ship propulsion=2 × {{convert|5500|shp|0|abbr=on}} turbines<br />3 boilers<br />2 shafts

*They can be used to run internal-combustion engines (or even gas turbines, for maximal efficiency) using wood, a renewable resource, and in the absen

...nk; the Soviet [[T-80]] and US [[M1 Abrams]] would later be built with gas turbines for main propulsion.

...iciency is often higher (that is, closer to 1) with larger and more modern turbines. ...s turbines, with comparatively low purchase cost compared to purpose-built turbines.

...ne present in [[steam]]; these are used in the [[boiler]]s used to drive [[turbines]] to protect the pipework in which the condensed water passes. Here the ami

...compressionjobs.com/articles/oilfield-101/3240-lubrication-oil-field-pumps-turbines-compressors Different Lubrication Techniques used in Oil & Gas machinery]

...and their derivatives have also found use as vapor phase lubricants in gas turbines and custom bearings, and wherever extreme environmental conditions exist.

...lene plant, once running, does not need to import steam to drive its steam turbines. A typical world scale ethylene plant (about 1.5 billion pounds of ethylene