Built expressly for Puget Sound-Oriental service; twin-screw vessel having gross tonnage of 11,600 tons and displacement of 20,500 tons; equipped with two sets of double-acting Burmeister and Wain Diesel engines, capable of developing average sea speed of 18 knots; length o.a. 535 ft., breadth 66 ft. and depth 41 ft. (See also Ry. and Mar. News, vol. 27, no. 5, May 1930 p. 16; Brit. Motor Ship, vol. 11, no. 123, June 1930, pp. 86-88, 4 figs.)
The new N.Y.K. Motorship Hikawa Maru
Mar. Eng. Shipg. Age
Marine Engineering and Shipping Age ; 35 , n 10
1930
3 pages
1 Fig.
Article (Journal)
English
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