What is the most POWERFUL engine you have ever been behind?

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Behind, and next to Wartzilla 18cyl Diesel engines. Worked on them too!

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In front of twin 440 hp Yanmar 6LY2ASTP's (880 hp) with Hamilton jet drives. Loaded out with an aft mounted M2 .50 cal, twin M240 7.62mm belt-fed machine guns, MK19 40mm grenade launchers, and M134 7.62mm Miniguns. Forward Looking Infrared. Gunfire direction detection. 7 SWCC operators and a fireteam of SEALs.
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Boat load of kick ***. Go Navy!
 
Found info. She had two General Electric steam turbines each producing 70,000 she. State of the art in the 60's.
I love big engines. At last years FABO get together we found this gem on the side of the railroad tracks.
I'm guessing an EMD 645 V-16.
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