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

Deadweight tons 40,000

Speed knots 20

Section rectangle

Parallel body, %L 60.6

Length feet 710

Beam feet 120

Depth feet 40

Surface displacement tons 73,300

Submerged displacement tons 80,600

DWT/surface displacement 0.546

EHP 32,900

SHP, trial 48,400

EHP/SHP 0.680

SHP, service 53,300

Number of screws 1

RPM 100

Propellor diameter feet 29.4

SHP/shaft 53,300

Mach vol/gross vol 0.079

Speed x DWT/service SHP 15.0

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.