Wardner - I think you are right - there were no naturally aspirated (ie. w/o scavanging blower) diesels made in the US.
Also Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston diesels ARE blower scavanged, same as the Junkers (Germany) and Napier (England) opposed piston engines.
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Other useless 2 stroke diesel trivia:
- Detroit (and I believe also EMD) DO use gear-driven turbine compressors on certain 2 stroke diesels. There was a Euclid rock truck with a turbine-scavanged 6-71 where I worked summers in college. Also a 12V-71 powering an air compressor. (My observation is they were every bit as noisy as their Rootes blown sisters.)
- Most modern tugboats' prime movers are EMD (2-stroke) or General Electric (4-stroke) locomotive diesels modified for marine service. Larger ships' prime movers however come from overseas with names like Sulzer, Wartsila, Pielstick, MAN, etc.
- In the early 70's Chrysler made a half-hearted attempt to break in to the truck diesel market with Japanese-built 2 strokes similar to the Detroit 6-71 and 8V-71. They were offered under the Chrysler-Nissan banner. The attempt was a complete failure.
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