Bulk oil carrier, Bulkpetrol, constructed by Welding Shipyards, Norfolk, Va, for Oceanic Tankships, S.A.; deadweight about 30,000 tons; capacity 285,000 bbl; length oa 630 ft; beam 84 ft; depth 43 ft 9 in.; propelled by single screw driven by General Electric 2-cyl steam turbine with double reduction gears developing max of 17,600 shp; two Foster Wheeler watertube boilers with total heating surface of 23,680 sq ft supply steam at 550 lb working pressure.
World's largest oil tanker completed
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 72 , n 24
1948
Article (Journal)
English
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