Engineering:MS Sounds of Orient

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FESCO Khabarovsk Ship from Yokohama to Nakhodka 1985.jpg
Khabarovsk’s funnel, 1985
Name:
  • Khabarovsk (1962–1988)
  • Sounds of Orient (1988–1989)
Owner: 1962–1988: Far East Shipping Company
Operator: 1962–1988: Far East Shipping Company
Port of registry: 1962–1988: Vladivostok,  Soviet Union 1988–1989: Panama City,  Panama
Builder: VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number: 113[1]
Launched: 12 July 1961
Completed: 1962
Acquired: 1962
In service: 1962
Out of service: 1989[1]
Identification:
Fate: Scrapped 1989[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Mikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner
Tonnage:
Length: 122.15 m (400.75 ft)[3]
Beam: 16.05 m (52.66 ft)[3]
Height: 7.63 m (25.03 ft)[3]
Draught: 5.22 m (17.13 ft)[3]
Installed power:
  • 2 × MAN-DMR K6Z57/80 diesels,
  • 6,192 kW (8,304 hp)
Propulsion: 2 propellers
Speed: 17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph)[3]
Capacity: 333 passengers
Crew: 134[4]

MS Sounds of Orient was an ocean liner owned since 1988 by Crosby Corp. Ltd in Panama. She was built in 1962 by VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany as Khabarovsk for the Soviet Union's Far East Shipping Company. The ship was used for service between Nakhodka and Yokohama, Japan . It was named after the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union Khabarovsk.

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