A History of First in the Marine Industry

Posted on Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 and is filed under News

Making history for 165 years in the fastest, most powerful ships and submarines in maritime history while eliminating current EPA compliance issues.

Lignum-Vitae is Leading the way back to Water Lubricated Bearings.

1852 – First successful stern tube bearing for ship rotating shafts patented by John Penn.
1856 – Lignum Vitae bearings were used by the SS Great Eastern to lay the first transatlantic cable.
1856 – Lignum Vitae Stern Tube Bearings were the first to make a transatlantic voyage.
1882 – Lignum Vitae bearings were the first hydro bearings specified by Thomas Edison at the Appleton Wisconsin plant still using Lignum Vitae bearings.
1952 – The SS United States broke the transatlantic speed record averaging 39.71 miles per hour from Cornwall U.K. to New York City using Lignum Vitae bearings.
The record still stands today.

Lignum Vitae was considered a competitive advantage and classified for 50 years after WW11 making all relevant information a secret until recent times.
Lignum Vitae bearings were used in the first nuclear submarine the USS Nautilus.
Polar class icebreakers, the Polar Star and the Polar Sea, the largest non-nuclear ships were designed to operated on Lignum Vitae bearings.