Theoretical design for a 40,000 tons deadweight 20 knots nuclear submarine tanker in 1960

Deadweight tons 40,000

Speed knots 20

Section circle

Parallel body, %L 0

Length feet 660

Beam feet 93.5 diameter

Surface displacement tons 70,600

Submerged displacement tons 77,700

DWT/surface displacement 0.566

EHP 21,800

SHP, trial 26,800

EHP/SHP 0.813

SHP, service 29,500

Number of screws 1

RPM 100

Propellor diameter feet 26.5

SHP/shaft 29,500

Mach vol/gross vol 0.049

Speed x DWT/service SHP 27.1

Source

Vito L. Russo, Harlan Turner Jr. and Frank W. Wood. Submarine Tankers. Presented at the Annual Meeting, New York, N. Y., November 17-18, 1960, of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.