MSAsuka II
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 Asuka IIin 2009.
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| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,Nagasaki,Japan[1] | ||||
| Yard number | 2100[1] | ||||
| Launched | 30 September 1989[1] | ||||
| Acquired | July 1990[1] | ||||
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| Status | In service | ||||
| General characteristics | |||||
| Type | Cruise ship | ||||
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| Length | 241 m (790 ft 8 in)[2] | ||||
| Beam | 29.6 m (97 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||
| Draught | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||
| Decks | 8[3] | ||||
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[2] | ||||
| Capacity | 960 passengers[4] | ||||
| Crew | 545[4] | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | Chim bay II | ||||
| Hiragana | あすかツー | ||||
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MSAsuka II(Chim bay II)is acruise shipowned and operated byNippon Yusen Kaisha.She was originally built by theMitsubishi Heavy Industriesshipyard inNagasaki,Japan, asCrystal HarmonyforCrystal Cruises.In 2006,Crystal Harmonywas transferred from the fleet of Crystal Cruises to that of Crystal's parent company, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and entered service under her current name.[1]As of August 2022[update],she was the largest cruise ship in Japan.
Service history
[edit]1990–2006:Crystal Harmony
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DuringCrystal Harmony's maiden voyage in the South American and Caribbean waters, the ship caught on fire due to a fuel leak in an auxiliary engine room some 200 miles (320 km) fromCristóbal.Crystal Harmonydrifted without power for sixteen hours but after repairs made it to port under her own steam and disembarked her passengers in Panama. She sailed to the island ofCuraçao,escorted by a tugboat, for repairs.[5]
2006 onwards:Asuka II
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After fifteen years of service,Crystal Harmonywas retired from the Crystal fleet in 2005. She was transferred to the parent companyNippon Yusen Kaishato replace theAsuka.She then underwent renovation and re-entered service asAsuka II.[citation needed]
She caught fire again on June 16, 2020, while at dock in Yokohama.[6]
A new ship namedAsuka III[7]is planned for 2025.[8][failed verification][9][dead link][10][11]
2021 COVID-19 case
[edit]On 30 April 2021, the ship was en route from thePort of Yokohamaand was scheduled to stop atAomoriandHokkaidoprefectures when one case ofCOVID-19was detected on board. The passenger was reportedly stable and in isolation in a cabin. The ship returned to Yokohama where the rest of passengers and crew were disembarked.[12]
References
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- ^"Asuka II".20th Century Ships.Archived fromthe originalon 2010-01-12.Retrieved2009-03-09.
- ^abcLarsen, Robert."M/SAsuka II".Skip-siden(in Norwegian). Archived fromthe originalon 2015-04-02.Retrieved2009-03-09.
- ^"Crystal Harmony in Wetdock".Cruise Industry News.16 October 1990.Retrieved24 October2017.
- ^"Đại hình khách thuyền “Chim bay IIか “ら hắc yên hoành bang に bỏ neo trung"[Black smoke from the large cruise ship "Asuka II" anchored in Yokohama].Asahi(in Japanese). 16 June 2020.
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- ^"jpg file".Archived fromthe originalon 2024-05-30.RetrievedOctober 14,2024.
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- ^"Ship Detail".
- ^"One positive COVID-19 test on Japan luxury cruise ship; passengers disembarking".Reuters.30 April 2021.Retrieved30 April2021.
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