First Japanese motorship with double-acting two-stroke engines; length b.p. 415 ft.; breadth molded 56 ft. 9 in.; depth molded 31 ft. 9 in.; gross tonnage 5847; sea speed full loaded 12 1/2 knots; hull built on new system; propelling machinery consists of six-cylinder double-acting two-stroke Diesels, working on air-injection principle; cylinders are 600 mm. diam. with piston stroke of 900 mm. and engine develops 3200 b.hp. at normal speed of 107 r.p.m.; auxiliary machinery is all electrically driven. (See also Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec vol. 34, no. 13, Sept. 26, 1929 pp. 360-364, 4 figs; Brit. Motorship, vol. 10, no. 115, Oct. 1929, p. 274, 1 fig.; Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 52, no. 626, Nov. 1929, pp. 461-462, 5 figs.)
Japanese-built motorship "kohwa maru"
Shipbldr.
Shipbuilder ; 36 , n 232
1929
7 pages
7 Figs.
Article (Journal)
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Japanese-built motorship "Kohwa Maru"
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