The Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 is a large medium-speed diesel engine built in the United States by the Fairbanks Morse Engine Division of Colt Industries, a design Fairbanks Morse made under a licensing agreement with S.E.M.T. for Pielstick engines. A trade magazine of August 1986 reported the first engine of the series shipped to Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, calling it the largest engine manufactured in the United States after four years of planning, machining, assembly and testing. The PC4.2V was offered from 12,100 to 21,800 kilowatts in a single engine, with a bore of 570 millimetres and a stroke of 620 millimetres, and two 10-cylinder engines were to drive each of the Navy's tanker-oiler ships. It was pitched at the maritime and electric utility industries as a compact, high-horsepower engine able to burn residual fuel.
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SignificanceDescribed in 1986 as the largest engine manufactured in the United States. 1 Cylinder Count Classification
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Source Fairbanks Morse Engine Division Ships First Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 (Maritime Reporter)
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Source Fairbanks Morse Engine Division Ships First Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 (Maritime Reporter)
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Source Fairbanks Morse Engine Division Ships First Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 (Maritime Reporter)Paragraph 1, manufacturerQuote, Paragraph 1, manufacturer
The first of a series of Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 engines built by the Fairbanks Morse Engine Division of Colt Industries has been shipped to Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, La.
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1. Fairbanks Morse Engine Division Ships First Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 (Maritime Reporter)
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Two of these 10-cylinder engines will provide 32,000 horsepower for powering U.S. Navy tanker-oiler vessels.
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The PC4.2V offers a power range of 12,100 kw to 21,800 kw or 16,300 to 29,300 hp in a single engine.
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highest horsepower, medium-speed diesels
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the largest engine manufactured in the United States
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The first of a series of Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 engines built by the Fairbanks Morse Engine Division of Colt Industries has been shipped to Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, La.
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1981: FM Manufactured the largest engine built in the United States, the Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 engine.
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