ABS - American Bureau of
Shipping
AC - Alternating Current
ATF - Auxiliary Fleet Tug
(US Navy Designation)
BEDT - Brooklyn East District
Terminal
BFT - Boston Fuel Transportation,
now Boston Towing
BHP - Brake Horsepower
CDED - Cleveland Diesel Engine
Division (GM)
CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute
CSX - CSX Transportation,
formerly Chessie System
DC - Direct Current
DDA, DDAD - Detroit Diesel
Allison (GM)
FDL - General Electric Diesel
Engine designation
FM - Fairbanks-Morse
GE - General Electric Company
GM - General Motors Corporation
GPM - Gallons Per Minute
kW - kiloWatts
LOA - Length Overall
LT - Large Tug (US Army Designation)
LWL - Length Waterline
NYCH - New York Cross Harbor
Railroad
OP - Opposed Piston, generally
Fairbanks Morse
PRR - Pennsylvania Railroad
RTC - RTC Shipbuilding, Camden,
New Jersey (1950s)
SHP - Shaft Horsepower
TAMS - TAMS Naval Architecture,
New York, NY (1950s)
