M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Engines and Throttle Stand: Correction

This article advises there is conflicting information regarding the horse power of the original engines and when the engines were replaced: M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Engines and Throttle Stand

This placard displayed on board the M.V. Sergeant Floyd states the original engines were 400 HP:

The horse power of the original engines were 300 HP, as stated in this brochure M.V. Sergeant Floyd, available for free to visitors:

The info on the pacard stating they were 400 HP is incorrect.

The title blocks of these drawings show a dates in 1936, but also list the second pair of engines, which are 600 HP that replaced the original 300 HP engines:

The drawing titled " ARRANGEMENT OF MAIN DECK AND OUTBOARD PROFILE" shows the engine room as having the 300 HP Fairbanks engines:

This web site: M.V. Sgt. Floyd History states the engines were replaced in 1962. This placard states the engines were replaced during the last twenty years the M.V. Sergeant Floyd was in service:

The web site and the placard are correct. The drawings are incorrect.



Previous articles:
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Before the Boat
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Laying the Keel, Naming, and Launch Announcement
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Engines and Throttle Stand
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Fire Extinguishing System
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Plan Views
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Pilothouse Controls and Equipment
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Ships Bell
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Ships Horn
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Voice Tube
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Ships Telephone
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Instructions
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Atomic Attack Instructions
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Hawser Line
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Block and Tackle
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Pilot House
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Captain's Quarters
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Chief Engineer's Quarters
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Radio Room
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Third Deck Bath
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Testing and Certification
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Coat of Arms of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Quarter Boats
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: River Charts
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: It Seemed She Met Herself
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Where She Wintered
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Captain's Journals
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Sketches
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Undated Photos
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Dated Photos
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Bicentennial Tour
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Additional Information, History and Statistics
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Coming Ashore
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Sergeant Floyd Welcome Center and River Museum
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Flags and Mast
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: The Boat Today

M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Engines and Throttle Stand

* The original engines of the M.V. Sergeant Floyd were a pair of 300 HP Fairbanks Morse diesels. ** By 1936 the Fairbanks diesels were replaced with a pair of 600 HP Cooper Bessemer diesels which are still present today in the vessel.

The throttle stand was used to control the engine. The crew in the engine room would receive commands from the throttle controls located in the pilothouse.

* There is conflicting information regarding the horse power of the original engines. One source of information states the original engines were 300 HP while another source states they were 400 HP.
** There is conflicting information regarding when the current engines were installed in place of the original engines. One source states they were replaced by 1936. Another source states they were replaced in 1962.

This is being researched and this article will be updated as necessary.

Previous articles:
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Before the Boat
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Laying the Keel, Naming, and Launch Announcement

M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Laying the Keel, Naming, and Launch Announcement

The Motor Vessel, or M.V. Sergeant Floyd was an inspection boat operated under the jurisdiction of the Missouri River Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She served in the Kansas City District. Named for the only man to die on the Lewis and and Clark Expedition, she was a primary workhorse in Missouri River improvement work from 1933 until 1975. The M.V. Sergeant Floyd conducted survey work, performed inspections, moved men, equipment, supplies, and set navigation buoys along the river.

The M.V. Sergeant Floyd was built at the Howard Ship Yards and Dock Co. Her keel was laid sometime in late 1931. She was named around January, 1932 and launched on May, 31, 1932:

Previous articles:
M.V. Sergeant Floyd: Before the Boat