Speed 40 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 45,785 tons, lead ballast 17,802 tons, liquid ballast 12,810 tons, free flooding water 570 tons, less liquid ballast deadweight 35,698 tons, less ballast deadweight 17,896 tons, deadweight cargo 17,570 tons, measurement 36,175 tons of cargo c 40 square feet/ton, 1,447 bale cubic x 10cubicfeet cubic, 21,300 tons gross tonnage, 16,580 tons net tonnage. Horsepower 194,000 shp. Crew 66 men. Deadweight-displacement ratio 0.228.
Voyage costs excluding stevedoring and agency fees
Sea costs -dollars per day x days 847,500
Port costs-dollars per day x days 682,600
Total cost per voyage 1,530,000
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) 82,630
Inspections&owners outfit 2,060
Engineering (8%) 8,260
Lead 6,780
Total120,200
(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 29
Stewards 15
Total 66
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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