Babcock amp; Who? The Battleship Missouri has eight Babcock
Nov 17, 2019#0183;#32;The Battleship Missouri has eight Babcock amp; Wilcox Mtype boilers, that began with a commitment to innovation. Stephen Wilcox, Jr. (left) was born in 1830 in Westerly, Rhode Island. He began inventing at a young age. Eventually he turned his attention to steam boilers and in 1856, he created an innovative safety watertube boiler.