• Length, overall.................................748 ft.
• Length, on waterline................679 ft. 8 ins.
• Length, betwen perpendiculars..........650 ft.
• Beam, molded...................................94 ft.
• Depth, molded to Main Deck......54 ft. 6 ins.
• Depth to Sun Deck..................101 ft. 6 ins.
• Height, keel to top of
  smoke outlets............................163 ft. 6ins.
• Height, keel to top of
  radar mast..............................201 ft. 10 ins.
• Gross registered tonnage.....38,650 (approx.)
• Displacement tonnage.........31,530 (approx.)
• Deadweight tonnage......................+/- 7,800
• Propelling machinery ---- Twin screw double
  reduction geared triple expansion turbines
• Shaft horsepower.............................35,000
• Speed, service............................20.5 knots
• Total dry cargo......................102,000 cu. ft.
• Total cooled cargo...................14,000 cu. ft.
• Total passengers................................1,456
• Total officers and crew.........................776

The first keelplate of the Rotterdam was laid December 14, 1956; she was launched September 13, 1958.

Technical trials, August 1-6, 1959; and maiden voyage Rotterdam to New York, September 3, 1959.