Table 2. Design Parameters of Various Surface Vessels 



Parameter 



Vessel 















T-21 



C-2i 



ARD'' 



C1-M-AV1^ 



FORDS^ 



Length (ft) 



523 



459 



489 



338 



204 



Beam (ft) 



68 



63 



81 



50 



204 



Depth (ft) 



— 



— 



— 



— 



488 



Draft (ft) 



30 



35 



15 



21 



265 



Displacement, 













Full 



21,900 



13,850 



14,000 



7,500 



43,000 



(long tons) 













Displacement, 













Light 



8,500 



4,640 



1 0,000 



3,200 



31,000 



(long tons) 













Speed, 

 Still Water 

 (knots) 



15 



15 



4 



10 



No 

 power 



Total Cost 

 ($1,000) 



4,670 



3,620 



3,785 



2,820 



16,013 



^ Design of a Deep Ocean Drilling Ship, NAS-NRC Report No. 984, 

 1962. 



2j. Ray McDermott and Co, Inc., FORDS, Contract No. NBy-37640, 

 April 1964.'' 



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