When an Aircraft Carrier Became a Power Generator
If you have an aircraft carrier, you have (electrical) power!
Tacoma’s Power Crisis
It’s summer 1929 and the weather is dry and hot. Worse than that, there’s a draught and it is wreaking havoc with the power grid: There’s not enough water for the local dams to produce electricity!
Should you go to the local shop and stock up on candles and oil lamps?!
A Unique Solution
Well, not if you live in Tacoma, because the Navy has just sent an aircraft carrier your way to be used as a power generator!
The USS Lexington Saves the Day
This is actually a true story and USS Lexington used its turbo-electric Powerplant to produce electricity for Tacoma for a month!
–RBM.
