Mutsu
Also the Japanese built the MUTSU in 1969. Built by Ishikawajima-Harima Hwy.
Ind. Tokyo. 8350 GRT. 426'6", 62'4", 22'8" draft; nuclera reactor/2 stm.
turbs., 10000 shp, 16 1/2 kn. Crew of 59. She was never officialy
commissioned due to public opinion, but did sail a few trips without cargo,
( cargo capasity was 2400 tons ). She is named after the city where her
nuclear plant was installed. Last reports said she was going to be
re-engined. The long time laid up German OTTO HAHN will also be re-engined.
She was built in 1964 and is 17000 GRT. This vessel was built as an iron-ore
carrier and did sail several trips with cargo. To go back to SAVANNAH, from
August 1966 to August 1967 had covered 86000 miles on voyages to Europe,
called at sevent-four ports and carried 36000 tons of cargo. Operating costs
were the snub: ¸3,909,681 compared with freight income of ¸2,614,421.
Dan
Dan Rodlie P.O.Box 486. Northport WA. 99157-0486. USA.
or 1405 Columbia Ave. Trail B.C. V1R 1J7 Canada.
Ph. 604-368-9227 shipsource™awinc.com or drodlie™awinc.com
Updated 1995-09-08 by Lars.Bruzelius@udac.se