Basic characteristics of a 600 feet 30 knots knots speed general cargo nuclear propelled submarine calculated around 1962

Speed 30 knots. Dimensions 575(overall) x 115 (breadth of hull) x 57.5 (depth of hull) feet, displacement total 66,061 tons(T) in long tons of 2,240 pounds,  leightweight included lead ballast 44,660 tons, lead ballast 20,401 tons, liquid ballast 12,810 tons, free flooding water 570 tons, less liquid ballast deadweight 39,422 tons, less ballast deadweight 19,021 tons, deadweight cargo 18,687 tons, 38,475 measurement tons of cargo c 40 square feet/ton, bale 1,539 cubic x 10cubicfeet cubic, 21,300 tons gross tonnage, 18,610 tons net tonnage, Horsepower 84,000 shp. Crew 60 men. Deadweight-displacement ratio 02.242.

Voyage costs excluding stevedoring and agency fees

Sea costs -dollars per day x days 606,700

Port costs-dollars per day x days 413,800

Total cost per voyage 1,020,500

There were two possible routes between the east coast of the USA-Canada and Europe.

Polar route7,425 miles, Los Angeles -San Francisco- Seattle-Vancouver(BC)-Unimak Pass-Bering Straight -North Pole- North Sea-United Kingdom-France-Denmark-Germany and return.

Canal route 8,920 miles, Vancouver (BC)-Seattle-San Francisco-Los Angeles-Panama Canal-Southampton-United Kingdom-France-Denmark-Germany and return.

Details of vessel capital costs in thousands of dollars

Hull 12,240

Hull engineering 3,440

Outfitting 4,790

Machinery (1) 36,740

Inspections&owners outfit 1,140

Engineering (8%) 4,560

Lead 7,770

Total 70,410

(1) “Although reactor costs per shaft horsepower declines in the larger sizes, this is largely offset by rising costs of propulsion machinery, reduction gears, etc”.

Manning requirement

Deck 22

Engineering 24

Stewards 14

Total 60

Source

M. Guralnick a.o. “Potential applications of nuclear energy in unusual ocean cargo carriers” in: E.E. Duckstad. Potential applications of nuclear energy in a marine environment. Washington, August 1959.