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Tuesday 24 April 2018

Soviet Union intending to built a nuclear propelled tanker according to the Dutch newspaper Het vrije volk dated 9 May 1964

Van Stoom tot Atoom, 1961. 
Text G.A.J. Bovens-drawings G.J. Frans Naerebout

An item reported that the Soviet Union intended to built a second non-combat ship.(1) It was to be a tanker with a deadweight of around 40.000 tons to be used for bunkering whalers and to be stationed for a longer period in the areas of hunting.

Note
1. The first one was the icebreaker Lenin, laid down in 1957, completed in 1959, decommissioned in 1989 and became a museum ship. IMO 5206087. Displacement 16.000 tons and as dimensions 134 x 27,6 x 16,1 (depth) x 10,5 metres or 440 x 91 x 53 x 34 feet. Fitted out with 2 OK-150 nuclear reactors , since 1970 2 OK-900 and 4 steam turbine generators resulting in a speed of 18 knots. Crew numbered 243 men.