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Re:Heavy-lift ship lifts entire cruise liner out of the wate... by walrus01 on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @04:09AM (#21512706)
A number of very large cruise ships now have the drive entirely decoupled from the fuel burning engines. Same idea as a diesel electric locomotive. Big engine burns heavy fuel oil, turns generator, power goes to electric azipods.
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Re:Heavy-lift ship lifts entire cruise liner out of the wate... by fulafel on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @04:11AM (#21512715)
Smaller new vessels do this too.
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