Alaska-class oil tanker
MV Alaskan Fontier | |
Class overview | |
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Builders: | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
Operators: | Alaskan Tanker Company |
Completed: | 4 |
Active: | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | VLCC tanker |
Tonnage: | 185,286 dwt |
Length: | 941.6 ft (287.0 m) |
Beam: | 164 ft (50 m) |
Draft: | 61 ft 8 in (18.80 m) |
Propulsion: | Diesel-Electric, 26,820 bhp (20,000 kW) at 78.9 RPM Twin propellers |
Speed: | 15.8 knots (29.3 km/h; 18.2 mph) at 90% MCR, Full Load |
Capacity: | 1.5 Mbbl (240,000 m3) |
Crew: | 21 |
The Alaska class oil tanker is a class of VLCC tankers built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego.The tankers are double-hulled as mandated by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and will replace the existing fleet used by BP in the Alaskan area.[1]
Ships in class
Four ships have been completed: Alaskan Frontier, Alaskan Explorer, Alaskan Navigator, and Alaskan Legend
Derivatives
The design was the basis of the Montford Point class of Mobile Landing Platforms for the US Navy.
References
- ↑ "First Alaska class double-hulled tanker arrives". Alaska Business Monthly. Alaska Business Publishing Company. 1 November 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
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