Speed 50 knots. Dimensions 575 (overall) x 115 (breadth of hull) x 57.5 (depth of hull) feet, 77,061 tons displacement total (T) in long tons of 2,240 pounds, leightweight included lead ballast 47,543 tons, lead ballast 13,068 tons, liquid ballast 12,810 tons free flooding water 570 tons, less liquid ballast deadweight 29,206 tons, less ballast deadweight 16,138 tons, deadweight cargo 15,800 tons, measurement 32,525 tons of cargo c 40 square feet/ton, 1,301 bale cubic x 10cubic feet cubic, 21,300 tons gross tonnage, 13,010 tons net tonnage, Horsepower 370,000 shp. Crew 75 men. Deadweight-displacement ratio 0.205.
Voyage costs excluding stevedoring and agency fees
Sea costs -dollars per day x days 1,179,400
Port costs-dollars per day x days 1,111,000
Total cost per voyage 2,290,400
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) 156,800
Inspections&owners outfit 3,550
Engineering (8%) 14,170
Lead 4,980
Total 199,270
(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 35
Stewards 18
Total 75
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.
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