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.
Launching world's largest tanker
Mar Eng Shipg Rev
Marine Engineering and Shipping Review ; 55 , n 8
1950
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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