Oosterdam
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The Oosterdam is a cruise ship operated by Holland America Line, a division of Carnival Corporation. As the second addition to Holland America's Vista-class of ships, Oosterdam is sister to the Noordam, Westerdam, and Zuiderdam. The ship's name is derived from the Dutch language translation for the eastern compass point, and is pronounced "OH-ster-dam."
Technical Information
The machinery spaces of Oosterdam are vast and stretch along two of its lowest decks for the most part of the vessel.
The Oosterdam is powered by a CODEG-electric arranged propulsion system encompassing five Sulzer ZAV40S diesel engines and a GE LM2500 Gas Turbine, making it one of only a handful of merchant vessels that is powered by such an arrangement. It is propelled by two 17.6MW ABB Azipod propulsors.
Its two engine rooms are separated by a watertight bulkhead division. Each engine room has its own fuel, lubricating, cooling and electrical distribution systems and is fully independent of the other.
The ship's potable water is produced by three large Alfa Laval multi-effect flash evaporating desalination plants.
History of the Oosterdam name
While no prior ship has been named Oosterdam, the first vessel with the "Ooster" prefix launched 1913 as the 8,251-ton, one-prop Oosterdijk. At the time, "dijk" or "dyk" was the suffix used for cargo vessels, "dam" was used for passenger ships.