Type C8-class ship
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Type C8-class ships are a type of Heavy Lift Barge Carrier. Type C8 ships were the 8th type of ship designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in the late 1960s. As done with the Type C1 ships and Type C2 ships, MARCOM circulated preliminary plans for comment. The design presented was not specific to any service or trade route. Type C8 ships measuring 876 feet (267 m) from stem to stern, and designed to make 16.2 knots (30.0 km/h; 18.6 mph).[1][2][3]
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SS Cape May (T-AKR-5063) at C8-S-82a type ship | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Avondale Shipyard GD's Fore River Shipyard Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard |
Built | 1968–1979 |
Completed | 26 |
Lost | none |
General characteristics | |
Type | Heavy Lift Barge Carrier: C8-S-81b, C8-S-81d, C8-S-82a, C8-S-85d |
Displacement | 20,574 to - 29,820 deadweight tons. |
Length | 876 ft (267 m) |
Beam | 106 ft (32 m) |
Draft | 40 ft (12 m) |
Installed power | steam turbines 22,109 HP to 32,000 hp |
Speed | 16.2 knots (30.0 km/h; 18.6 mph) |
Crew | 34 when operational |
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