Vessel is first of five built for Delta Steamship Lines, Inc by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp; hull has bulbous forefoot, and afterbody features large clearances in way of propeller and unusually large semi-balanced rudder; length oa 522 ft, beam molded 70 ft, depth to weather deck 45 ft, maximum full load draft 31 ft; maximum rating of steam turbine propulsion plant is 14,250 shp; plan. (44394)
Delta lines' latest "all-hatch" ship
Mar Eng/Log
Marine Engineering/Log ; 73 , n 6 ; p 41-47
1968
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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