Note on launching of Atlantic Seaman at yard of New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, NJ; built for Philadelphia Tankers, Inc; length oa 659 ft 6 in.; beam 85 ft; draft (summer) 34 ft 2 5/8 in.; displacement 39,500 tons; capacity of cargo tanks 257,900 bbl, and of bunker tanks 21,000 bbl; vessel is single screw, driven by Westinghouse steam turbine of cross compounded double reduction gear type designed to develop 18,000 shp at 103 rpm.


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    Title :

    Launching world's largest tanker


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng Shipg Rev



    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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