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MS Asuka II

{{Short description|Cruise ship built in 1990}}

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|Ship caption=Asuka II in 2009.

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|Ship name=*1990–2006: Crystal Harmony

  • 2006 onwards: {{Nihongo|Asuka II|飛鳥II}}

|Ship country=Japan

|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Japan|civil}}

|Ship owner=*1990–2006: Crystal Cruises

  • 2006 onwards: Nippon Yusen Kaisha{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/crystal_harmony_1990.htm|title=M/S Crystal Harmony (1990)|accessdate=2009-03-09|last=Asklander|first=Micke|work=Fakta om Fartyg|language=Swedish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231220748/http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/crystal_harmony_1990.htm|archivedate=2008-12-31}}

|Ship operator=*1990–2006: Crystal Cruises

  • 2006 onwards: Nippon Yusen Kaisha

|Ship registry=*1990–2006: Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}}

  • 2006–2013: Yokohama, {{flag|Japan|civil}}

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    |Ship builder=Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan

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    |Ship yard number=2100

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    |Ship launched=30 September 1989

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    |Ship acquired=July 1990

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    |Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|8806204}}

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    |Ship status=In service

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    |Ship type=Cruise ship

    |Ship tonnage=*{{GT|50,142}}{{cite web|url=http://www.asukacruise.co.jp/asuka_info/outline.html|title=Asuka II – Ship Outline|accessdate=2010-05-06|publisher=NYK Cruises Co., Ltd.|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215000525/http://www.asukacruise.co.jp/asuka_info/outline.html|archive-date=2010-02-15|url-status=dead}}

    • {{DWT|8,642}}

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    |Ship length={{convert|241|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

    |Ship beam={{convert|29.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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    |Ship draught={{convert|7.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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    |Ship decks=8{{cite web|url=http://www.ayrshirescotland.com/ships/crystalharmony.htm|title=Asuka II|accessdate=2009-03-09|last=|first=|work=20th Century Ships|language=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112104941/http://www.ayrshirescotland.com/ships/crystalharmony.htm|archive-date=2010-01-12|url-status=dead}}

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    |Ship power=*Four MAN diesel Engines

    • 32,800{{nbsp}}kW (combined){{cite web|url=http://www.skip-siden.com/Asuka%20II/Asuka%20II.htm |title=M/S Asuka II|accessdate=2009-03-09|last=Larsen|first=Robert|work=Skip-siden|language=Norwegian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123823/http://www.skip-siden.com/Asuka%20II/Asuka%20II.htm|archive-date=2015-04-02|url-status=dead}}

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    |Ship speed={{convert|21|kn}}

    |Ship capacity=960 passengers

    |Ship crew=545

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    {{Infobox Chinese | child=yes

    |kanji = 飛鳥II

    |romaji = Asuka II

    |hiragana = あすかツー

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    MS {{Nihongo|Asuka II|飛鳥II}} is a cruise ship owned and operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. She was originally built by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, as Crystal Harmony for Crystal Cruises. In 2006, Crystal Harmony was transferred from the fleet of Crystal Cruises to that of Crystal's parent company, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and entered service under her current name. {{As of|August 2022}}, she was the largest cruise ship in Japan.

    Service history

    =1990–2006: ''Crystal Harmony''=

    File:Crystal Harmony arriving in Wellington Harbor, 27 February 2005 (cropped).jpg

    During Crystal 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 {{convert|200|miles|km|abbr=on}} from Cristóbal. Crystal Harmony drifted 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 of Curaçao, escorted by a tugboat, for repairs.{{cite web|title=Crystal Harmony in Wetdock|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/15151-crystal-harmony-in-wetdock.html|website=Cruise Industry News|date=16 October 1990 |accessdate=24 October 2017}}

    =2006 onwards: ''Asuka II''=

    File:Aska2 Kobe01s3200.jpg, Japan in September 2006]]

    After fifteen years of service, Crystal Harmony was retired from the Crystal fleet in 2005. She was transferred to the parent company Nippon Yusen Kaisha to replace the Asuka. She then underwent renovation and re-entered service as Asuka II.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

    She caught fire again on June 16, 2020, while at dock in Yokohama.{{cite news|title=大型客船「飛鳥IIか 「ら黒煙 横浜に停泊中|trans-title=Black smoke from the large cruise ship "Asuka II" anchored in Yokohama|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN6J4K0NN6JULOB008.html|work=Asahi|date=16 June 2020|language=Japanese}}

    References

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    External links

    • [https://www.asukacruise.co.jp/english/ Asuka Cruise website]
    • [https://shipvideos.net/crystal_harmony/ Videos of Crystal Harmony]

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