NASSCO delivers final tanker to BP
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, on Friday delivered a fourth and final double-hulled oil tanker, the 'Alaskan Legend,' to BP Shipping Ltd.
The Alaskan Legend is scheduled to depart San Diego today to join its NASSCO-built sister ships already in service: the 'Alaskan Frontier,' 'Alaskan Explorer' and 'Alaskan Navigator.'
The ship is capable of carrying up to 1.3 million barrels of crude oil and will operate between Alaska and western U.S. ports. The ship is double-hulled, diesel-electric powered, equipped with 20 separate cargo tanks, and has all of its cargo transfer piping inside the hull rather than on its decks to reduce the chance of accidental spills. NASSCO began constructing the ship in October 2004.