Theoretical design for a 40,000 tons deadweight 30.6 knots nuclear submarine tanker in 1960

Deadweight tons 40,000

Speed knots 30.6

Section rectangle

Parallel body, %L 64.4

Length feet 785

Beam feet 120

Depth feet 4

Surface displacement tons 82,400

Submerged displacement tons 90,700

DWT/surface displacement 0.486

EHP 124,000

SHP, trial 163,500

EHP/SHP 0.760

SHP, service 180,000

Number of screws 3

RPM 150

Propellor diameter feet 23.8

SHP/shaft 60,000

Mach vol/gross vol 0.17

Speed x DWT/service SHP 6.80

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.