[Milsurplus] AC Power on Ships

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I don't have exact dates for each class (or do somewhere but can't locate 
them tonight), but my recollection is that in general US combatants laid down 
after c. 1935-37 were AC (except for Submarines, Tugs and Landing Craft).  
Many DC ships served through WW-II but they dated all the way back to before 
WW-I (USS Texas for example dates to 1912).  The general rule for DC ships 
was that auxiliaries and combatants up to some Light Cruisers were 115 VDC 
mains.  Heavy Cruisers and Battleships were 230 VDC.  The merchant fleet was 
much later converting to AC.

Robert Downs - Houston
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