Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) is a propulsion system for ships using two diesel engines to power a single propeller shaft. A gearbox and clutches enable either of the engines or both of them together to drive the shaft. Two advantages over simply using a single, larger diesel engine of the same total power output are that (1) diesel engines have somewhat better specific fuel consumption at 75% to 85% max output than they do at only 50% output, and (2) there is a weight and size advantage to using two higher-speed engines compared to a single lower-speed engine, even with the slightly larger gearbox system. CODAD vessels Guaicamacuto-class patrol boat Type 31 frigate Steregushchiy-class corvette Jose Rizal-class frigate Frégates de taille intermédiaire Type 054A Frigate Doha-class corvette MV Piano Land (formerly MV Oriana) M/F Povl Anker References Marine propulsion Marine diesel engines