Theoretical design for a 20,000 tons deadweight 42.3 knots nuclear submarine tanker in 1960

Deadweight tons 20,000

Speed knots 42.3

Section circle

Parallel body, %L 0

Length feet 620

Beam feet 88.5 diameter

Surface displacement tons 59,400

Submerged displacement tons 65,400

DWT/surface displacement 0.337

EHP  172,500

SHP, trial 218,000

EHP/SHP 0.790

SHP, service 218,000

Number of screws 4

RPM 150

Propellor diameter feet21.0

SHP/shaft 60,000

Mach vol/gross vol 0.39

Speed x DWT/service SHP 3.55

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.