Boats - Sailing - Ships
Mar. 22 Ship to carry 1, 200 cars launched.: The auto carrier Bluebird is shown being launched at the Innoshima shipyard of Hitachi Shipbuilding Co, Japan for Nissan Motor Co. It is designed to carry 1, 200 motorcars on each voyage to U.S.A, and transport farm products on her return voyage to Japan. The 16, 000-dwt ship is 142, 5 meters long, 21.6 meters wide, 12.5 meters in depth, and has a draft of 9.0 meters. Gross tonnage is 11.140 tons and maximum speed is 16.6 knots with her 7, 200 h, p engines
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