History | |
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United States | |
Name | U.S.T. Atlantic class |
Owner | U.S. Trust Company of New York |
Operator | Interocean Management Inc. |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding[1] |
Yard number | 613,614 |
Launched | October 1978; August 1979 |
In service | 1979 |
Fate |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | ULCC MA design--T11-S-116a |
Tonnage | |
Displacement |
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Length | LOA: 362.14 m (1,188.1 ft); Cidade de Macae 420 m (1,380 ft) LBP: 348.40 meters (1,143.0 ft) |
Beam | 69.49 m (227.99 ft) |
Draught | 22.810 m (74.84 ft) |
Depth | 28.96 m (95.01 ft) |
Propulsion | General Electric Steam Turbine |
Speed | 15.5 knots |
The two ships of the U.S.T. Atlantic class, the U.S.T. Atlantic and U.S.T. Pacific, were the largest ships ever built in the Western Hemisphere.
Newport News Shipbuilding were the builders, the only American shipbuilders with the facilities for ULCC construction. A third vessel of the class ordered by Zapata Ocean Carriers was canceled.[2]
At full load, the ships drew nearly 75 feet (22.86 m) and were unable to visit any ports in the continental United States, unless lightered or light ship.