Cleveland Diesel Engine Division

Cleveland Diesel Engine Division
Company typeSubsidiary of General Motors
IndustryMarine Diesel Engines
PredecessorWinton Engine Corporation
Founded1938
Defunct1962
FateFolded into Electro-Motive Division
Headquarters,
Key people
Charles Kettering
ProductsDiesel engines
Number of employees
5,000 during World War II
ParentGeneral Motors

The Cleveland Diesel Engine Division of General Motors (GM) was a leading research, design and production facility of diesel engines from the 1930s to the 1960s that was based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Diesel Engine Division designed several 2 stroke diesel engines for submarines, tugboats, destroyer escorts, Patapsco-class gasoline tankers and other marine applications. Emergency generator sets were also built around the Cleveland Diesel and were installed in many US warships. The division was created in 1938 from the GM-owned Winton Engine Corporation and was folded into the GM Electro-Motive Division in 1962. The engines continue in use today on older tugs.