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Sparrows Point Launches Tanker
SS Esso Nashville
Another addition was made to the fast-growing fleet of American tankers when the Esso Nashville was launched on June 15 at the Sparrows Point Yard of Bethlehem Steel Company, .Shipbuilding Division.
The new vessel, built for Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, was christened by Mrs. Hermon Sweeney Atchison, wife of the manager of the Baltimore branch, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Marine Division.
The principal characteristics are as follows :
The tank capacity is 106,400 barrels, and is divided into 24 compartments, with adequate pumping capacity to load or unload the ship in less than 12 hours.
The propulsion machinery consists of a single screw installation of Bethlehem steam turbines, of 3500 shaft horse-power, capable of driving the vessel at a speed of 13 knots. Steam is supplied by two oilfired water tube boilers.
The Esso Nashville represents the latest in tankship design. Extensive use of welding, and application of the Bethle-hem - Frear system to longitudinals and bulkheads, insure a light, yet strong, framing with a substantial increase in paying deadweight for a given displacement.
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