Included in Japanese shipbuilding program, supported by U S Aid Counterpart Fund, is 18,000-ton motor tanker under construction at Sakurajima Yard of Hitachi S.B. and E. Co, Osaka, for Nippon Suisan Co; length bp 540 ft; breadth molded 70 ft 6 in.; depth molded 39 ft 4 in.; draft loaded 29 ft 10 in.; displacement 25,840 tons, deadweight capacity 17,900 tons; powered by Kawasaki-MAN double acting, 7-cyl, 2-stroke Diesel developing 7000 bhp at 113 rpm.


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    Title :

    Double-purpose tanker


    Additional title:

    Brit Motor Ship


    Published in:

    British Motor Ship ; 31 , n 371 ; p 362-363


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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