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M/V CHARLESTON
Length Overall (ft.)
635'-06"
Length Between Perpendiculars (ft.) 610'-00"
Beam Molded (ft.)
105'-11½ "
Depth Molded (ft.)62'-00" @ C.L.
Loaded Draft - Summer (ft.) Extreme 42'-00"
  
Cargo (100%) 
Barrels
369,808 bbls
Cubic Feet
2,076,315.1 cu ft
Keel to Highest Point
152.0'
Speed and Consumption
16.0 kts @ 46.56 Ltons/day
Classification Hull, Machinery, Engine
ABS - +A1 E Chemical Carrier; +AMS, ACCU
BuilderAvondale Shipyard, Avondale , LA
Deliver Date10/21/1983
Deadweight Tonnage (LT.)
48,075 LT
Light Ship Displacement Tonnage (LT)
14,472.63 LT
Displacement Tonnage - Summer (LT)56,040.1 LT
  
Loaded Draft (ft.)  
Tropical Fresh 43'-09 7/8"
Fresh
42'-11 3/8"
Tropical
42'-10½"
Summer
42'-00"
Winter41'-01½"
  
Registered Tonnage 
International Gross 31,452 Ton
International Net 15,455 Ton
Suez GrossN/A
Suez Net27,798.25 Ton
Panama Gross23,494.00 Ton
Panama Net23,494.00 Ton
U.S. Gross27,798.00 Ton
U.S. Net18,545.00 Ton
  
Main Propulsion 
TypeTwo-Stroke Slow Speed, Long Stroke Marine Diesel
Mfg.Sulzer
NSHP17,000 HP @90 RPM
Cargo Pumps 
 Mfg.Framo
TypeSingle Stage Submersible, one per cargo tank
Inert Gas SystemOil Fired
  
 

Cargo Block Particulars:


Each tank represents a completely independent segregation

Tanks Frame Capacity
(gross bbls @ 98%)
Caustic Center Tank96-932,898.28
1 Wing Port93-907,345.39
1 Wing Stbd293-907,345.39
1 Center93-9012,288.66
2 Wing Port90-886,802.54
2 Wing Stbd90-886,802.54
2 Center Fwd90-894,214.86
2 Center Aft90-894,214.86
3 Wing Port88-873,665.36
3 wing Stbd88-873,665.36
3 Center88-871,689.38
4 Wing Port87-8411,349.29
4 Wing Stbd87-8411,349.29
4 Center Fwd87-862,108.34
4 Center Aft87-8612,228.55
5 Wing Port84-8015,214.84
5 Wing Stbd84-8015,214.84
5 Center Fwd84-828,427.82
5 Center Aft82-808,027.71
6 Wing Port80-787,608.35
6 Wing Stbd80-787,608.35
6 Center Fwd80-794,652.66
6 Center Aft79-784,214.86
7 Wing Port78-767,608.35
7 Wing Stbd78-767,608.35
7 Center Fwd78-774,214.86
7 Center Aft77-764,214.86
8 Wing Port76-7311,411.60
8 Wing Stbd76-7311,411.60
8 Center Fwd76-754,214.86
8 Center Mid75-744,214.86
8 Center Aft74-731,689.37
9 Center Fwd73-722,108.34
9 Center Mid74-718,014.17
9 Center Aft71-698,427.82
10 Wing Port69-6419,018.09
10 Wing Stbd69-6419,018.09
10 Center69-6420,666.63
11 Wing Fwd Port64-6111,393.97
11 Wing Fwd Stbd64-6111,393.97
11 Wing Aft Port61-5811,088.97
11 Wing Aft Stbd61-5811,088.97
11 Center64-5824,879.60