Theoretical design for a 40,000 tons deadweight 20 knots nuclear submarine tanker in 1960

Deadweight tons 40,000

Speed knots 20

Section circle

Parallel body, %L 26.8

Length feet 765

Beam feet 80.0 diameter

Surface displacement tons 70,600

Submerged displacement tons 77,700

DWT/surface displacement 0.566

EHP 23,400

SHP, trial 29,300

EHP/SHP 0.800

SHP, service 32.000

Number of screws 1

RPM 100

Propellor diameter feet 27.0

SHP/shaft 32,000

Mach vol/gross vol 0.049

Speed x DWT/service SHP 25.0

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.