Theoretical design for a 40,000 tons deadweight 37.4knots nuclear submarine tanker in 1960

Deadweight tons 40,000

Speed knots 37.4

Section circle

Parallel body, %L 39.8

Length feet 930

Beam feet 80.0 diameter

Surface displacement tons 92,200

Submerged displacement tons 101,400

DWT/surface displacement 0.434

EHP 181,000

SHP, trial 218,000

EHP/SHP 0.830

SHP, service 240,000

Number of screws 4

RPM 150

Propellor diameter feet 21.2

SHP/shaft 60,000

Mach vol/gross vol 0.25

Speed x DWT/service SHP 6.23

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.