Features of designs proposed by four builders, including Austin and Pickersgill, Campbell (Canada)Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha, and consortium Bremer Vulkan of Vegesack, Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft and Rickmers Werft of Bremerhaven; designs are, respectively -- Type SD 14, total dw 14, 200 tons, length oa 465 ft; Freedom Ship, total dw 13,600 tons, length oa 461 ft; Japanese Liberty Ship, total dw 15,790 tons, length oa 477 ft 3 in.; German Liberty Ship, total dw 14,250 tons, length oa 457 ft 4 in.; all utilize diesel propulsion; plans.
Four liberty ship replacements
Mar Engr Naval Architect
Marine Engineer and Naval Architect ; 89 , n 1084
1966
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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