First of trio of liners building for Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco, at Fore River plant of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.; length o.a. 632 ft.; beam 79 ft.; draft 28 ft.; displacement 26,000 tons; speed 20 1/2 knots; vessels will be propelled by twin screws, and main propelling machinery will consist of three turbines of 22, 000 s.hp. and set of single reduction gears on each shaft; steam supplied by 12 water-tube boilers. (See also Mar. News vol. 18, no. 1, June 1931 pp. 79-80, 1 fig; Log, vol. 17, no. 3, June 1931, pp. 7-8 and 38, 1 fig.)


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    Title :

    Bethlehem to launch new Matson liner mariposa on July 18th


    Additional title:

    Pac. Mar. Rev


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1931


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    2 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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