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• Kitchen rudder — The Kitchen Rudder is the familiar name for Kitchen s Patent Reversing Rudders , a combination rudder and directional propulsion delivery system for relatively slow speed displacement boats which was invented in the early 20th century by Admiral… …   Wikipedia

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