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To: Fai Mao
The aircraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington (Built in the 1930’s) used a Diesel Electric propulsion system like a locomotive.

The Saratoga and Lexington used a turbo-electric drive, not diesel electric. Power was provided by 16 steam boilers to the four electric-driven drive shafts.

USS Saratoga

28 posted on 04/13/2014 9:28:35 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media -- IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01

In addition to Sara & Lex, Langley, New Mexico, Tennessee, California, Colorado, Maryland, and West Virginia were turbo electric propulsion


48 posted on 04/14/2014 3:52:29 AM PDT by X Fretensis
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