Theoretical design for a 20,000 tons deadweight 31.4 knots nuclear submarine tanker in 1960

Deadweight tons 20,000

Speed knots 31.4

Section rectulanger

Parallel body, %L 58.6

Length feet 580

Beam feet 90

Depth feet 40

Surface displacement tons 44,500

Submerged displacement tons 45,000

DWT/surface displacement0.490

EHP 83,000

SHP, trial 109,000

EHP/SHP 0.760

SHP, service 120,000

Number of screws 2

RPM 150

Propellor diameter feet 23.0

SHP/shaft 60,000

Mach vol/gross vol 0.21

Speed x DWT/service SHP 5.23

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.