Seafreeze Atlantic has been completed at Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Co and will be operated by American Stern Trawlers, Inc, subsidiary of American Export Industries, Inc; length oa 294 ft, beam molded 44 ft 3 in., depth to upper deck 28 ft 10 in., extreme draft 18 ft 9 in., block coefficient 0.600; stern-trawling fish factory can stay at sea for 2 to 3 mo at time, can process 300 to 400 tons of fish per day, and is built to deliver 2-million lb of fresh-frozen fish to United States market on each voyage; each of three General Motors Electromotive diesels drives AEG main-propulsion generator; refrigeration system is of two-stage design utilizing Freon-22. (11261)


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    Title :

    America's first fish factory ship


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng/Log


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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