SS UNITED STATES Specifications:
- LOA: Length over all: 990 feet (LWL: 940 feet;
LBP: 905.25 feet)
- Beam molded, maximum: 101.5 feet
- Depth - Keel to top of Superstructure: 122 feet
Keel to top of forward funnel 175 feet
- Number of decks: 12
- Number of Staterooms: 693
+ 340 Crew Accommodations = 1033
- Gross tonnage: 53,330
- Net tonnage: 29,475
- Total cargo capacity: 148,000 cubic feet
- Refrigerated cargo capacity 48,000 cubic feet
- Propulsion: geared steam turbines (Westinghouse)
quadruple screw
- Number of boilers 8 - IOWA Class Babcock &
Wilcox Design
- Steam conditions: 950 PSIG/1000 degrees Fahrenheit
(later reduced to 965 degrees)
- Propellers diameter: each of the four props is 18 feet
in diameter
forward outboard props are 4-bladed; aft inboard props are 5-bladed
each propellor weighs over 60,000 pounds; manganese-bronze
- Electric plants There are six 1,500 kilowatt steam turbo
generators
Plus two 250 kilowatt diesel emergency generators
- Speed - cruising (100,000 S H P clean) 30.5 knots
(130,000 S H P one year later)
- Maximum Recorded SHP at Sea Trials: 241,785 SHP
- Blue Riband Speeds: (obtained at less than 2/3rds power output)
Eastbound Maiden Voyage: 3 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes. Avg: 35.59
knots
Westbound Maiden Voyage: 3 days, 12 hours, 12 minutes. Avg: 34.51
knots
Combined Round Trip Average: 35.05 knots (combined
average)
- Speed - maximum (241,785 SHP @ trials) 38.32 knots (44.1
mph - 71 kph)
- Range - (at cruise speed 35 knots) 10,000 nautical miles
non-stop
- Bunker Capacity: 10,306 tons (fuel oil)
- Displacement: 43,500 tons
Cost: $70 million
Naval Architects: Gibbs and Cox Inc., New York, New York USA
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News Virginia
This ship was constructed with the cooperation of the United States maritime administration.
In Service Owner/Operator: United States Lines Company,
New
York
Present Owner 2004: NCL Norwegian Cruise Lines, Miami
FL USA
Previous Owner:
Edward
Cantor,
Cantor
Affiliated
Interests, Linden, New Jersey
Interior Architects: Eggers & Higgins, New York
Interior Decorators: Smyth, Urquhart & Marckwald, New York
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