Oregon

Japanese: オレゴン号 - おれごんごう
Oregon

...A ship whose main purpose is to transport passengers. Also called a passenger ship. Legally, any ship that can accommodate more than 12 passengers is treated as a passenger ship and is subject to regulations regarding stability, life-saving equipment, and living facilities. Therefore, most cargo-passenger ships, ferries, and ferries are also passenger ships by law. However, passenger ships generally refer to huge, luxurious, high-speed passenger liners such as the Queen Mary (UK) and the Queen Elizabeth (UK). High-speed passenger liners were active on routes around the world for about 80 years from the 1880s to the 1950s, and especially on the Atlantic routes connecting Europe and America, the great powers of the time competed with each other by using excellent ships that represented their national prestige.

*Some of the terms mentioned in the Oregon are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…旅客の輸送を主目的とする船。旅客船ともいう。法律上は旅客定員が12名を超える船はすべて客船として取り扱われ,復原性,救命設備,居住設備などについての規制を受ける。したがって,貨客船,連絡船,フェリーボートなどもそのほとんどが法律上は客船である。しかし,一般には客船といえば,クイーン・メアリー号(イギリス),クイーン・エリザベス号(イギリス)に代表される巨大で豪華な高速定期客船を指す場合が多い。このように高速定期客船は,1880年代から1950年代までの約80年にわたって世界中の航路で活躍し,とくにヨーロッパとアメリカを結ぶ大西洋航路では,当時の列強諸国がその国威をかけた優秀船が投入され性能を競った。…

※「オレゴン号」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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