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[quote]Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Jamie: According to the marine engineering websites I've read, attempts to take up the thrust with the reduction gears will result in the fatal destruction of the reduction gears. This is true, and is why the thrust generated by a ship's props are isolated from the plant by large thrust bearings. I have an old navy training manual "Principals of Naval Engineering" that explains the use of a Kingsbury or segmented pivoted shoe thrust bearing. I wish I knew how to post the illustrations. According to the book, this is the most common type of bearing used in modern ships.
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