Alaska-class oil tanker

The Alaska-class oil tanker is a class of VLCC tankers built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego. The tankers are double-hulled as mandated by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and will replace the existing fleet used by BP in the Alaskan area.^[1]

MV Alaskan Frontier
Class overview
Builders	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Operators	Alaskan Tanker Company
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	VLCC tanker
Tonnage	185,286 DWT
Length	941.6 ft (287.0 m)
Beam	164 ft (50 m)
Draft	61 ft 8 in (18.80 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-Electric, 26,820 bhp (20,000 kW) at 78.9 RPM, Twin propellers
Speed	15.8 knots (29.3 km/h; 18.2 mph) at 90% MCR, Full Load
Capacity	1.3×10^6 bbl (210,000 m3)
Crew	21

Design

Ships in class

Four ships have been completed: Alaskan Frontier, Alaskan Explorer, Alaskan Navigator, and Alaskan Legend.

Derivatives

The design was the basis of the Montford Point class of Mobile Landing Platforms for the US Navy.