Submarine diesel engines

General. In order that the function and operation of submarine diesel engines may be thoroughly understood, it is necessary to describe briefly the history and development leading to modern design. It is significant that the diesel engine is an outgrowth of the early struggle to improve the efficiency of existing types of other internal combustion engines. Today's fleet type submarine diesel engines are indirectly the result of widespread experimentation in both the Otto (gasoline) engine field and the more recently developed diesel engine field. ...

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All of our modern submarine diesel engines are of the 2-stroke cycle type.

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Modern submarine diesel engines are started by admitting compressed air into the engine cylinders at a pressure capable of turning over the engine.

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All of the present fleet type submarines are equipped with engines manufactured either by the Cleveland Diesel Engine Division, General Motors Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, or by Fairbanks, Morse and Company, Beloit, Wisconsin.

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In order that the function and operation of submarine diesel engines may be thoroughly understood, it is necessary to describe briefly the history and development leading to modern design.

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