Nagasaki, Aug. 1
Built in commemoration of the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Empire of Japan, the Yawata Maru. the 17,000-ton sister ship of the Nitta Maru, was formally delivered yesterday to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha at the Mitsubishi Dockyard here where the new ship had been constructed and completed.
Entirely Japanese material and Japanese skill went to the making of this liner which, like her sister craft, is 180 metres over all and has a 225-metre beam, and a 12-metre draft with a maximum speed of 22 knots.
The Yawata Maru has accommodation for 127 first class, 88 second class and 70 third class passengers while her load capacity totals 10,000 tons.
She is due to leave here on August 21 for Vancouver via Yokohama on her maiden voyage—Domet.
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