Single screw tanker of 3-island appearance with forecastle, midship house and poop is being built by Sasebo Heavy Industries Co for Idemitsu Kosan Co; because of 141 1/2-ft breadth, cargo space is divided into 4 rows of tanks by 3 longitudinal bulkheads, cargo capacity being 1,554,000 bbl; length oa 954 ft 9 in., depth molded 72 ft 10 in., draft 53 ft, service speed 16.25 knots; Ishikawajima-Harima turbine turns 5-bladed, 24.3-ft diam NiAl bronze propeller; maximum power rating is 28,000 hp at 105 rpm.


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    Title :

    Japan building 130,000-DWT giant


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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