U.S.T. Atlantic-class supertanker

History
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	1994 U.S.T. Atlantic sold and renamed Marine Atlantic (Marine Atlantic Ltd.) Scrapped at Chittagong 06.04.2004. 1994 U.S.T. Pacific sold and renamed Marine Pacific (Marine Atlantic Ltd - LI) 2002renamed Marine Pacific I 2005 converted to oil storage vessel 2007 FSO Cidade de Macae MV15
General characteristics
Class and type	ULCC MA design--T11-S-116a
Tonnage	189,417 GT 171,126 NT 404,531 DWT
Displacement	60,160 long tons, light ship 464,691 long tons, full load
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.

History

The tankers were built in 1979 at Newport News Shipbuilding's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. Each vessel cost approximately 136.4 million USD.[3]

In June 2004, the Marine Atlantic—ex U.S.T. Atlantic—was sold to Indian breakers. After clearing Indian customs, she was intentionally beached in India for ship breaking.[4]

In 2007, the Marine Pacific I—ex U.S.T. Pacific—was extensively rebuilt as an FSO for the Campos Basin and renamed Cidade de Macae.[5]

See also

• List of world's longest ships

Notes

1. http://miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show?nameid=315042&shipid=33135 ^[dead link‍]
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090707021125/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/1major/active/newportnews.htm
3. Tankers Built in the U.S. since WWII Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
4. Marine Pacific
5. FSO Cidade de Macae MV15 Modec. Retrieved: 24 July 2010.

External links

• [1]
• [2]
• Cidade de Macae, ex U.S.T. Pacific