http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=43 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=43#comment-19820 Leonidas Demopoulos Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:50:48 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/containership-fire-distance.jpg#comment-19820 Rember the SL-7 container ships built for Sea-land service (USA Company) they were powered by two steam turbines of 60,000 H.P. each and had a sea speep of 33 Knots. They are still the fastest container ships ever built. The firs one the Sea-Land Galloway was built in Bremen Germany and went into service in September of 1972. I was the Chief Engineer on the Sea-Land Galloway. On sea trails off the coast of Norway we made in excess of 43 Knots. The eight vessels of the SL-7 class are now serving with the U.S. Navy. They were 982 ft. with a beam of 106.5 ft. and could tranist the Panama and Suez canals. What a wonderful start to large container ships with powerful engines. Most of the machiner on deck and in the engine room was U.S.A. built. Rember the SL-7 container ships built for Sea-land service (USA Company) they were powered by two steam turbines of 60,000 H.P. each and had a sea speep of 33 Knots.
They are still the fastest container ships ever built. The firs one the Sea-Land Galloway was built in Bremen Germany and went into service in September of 1972. I was the Chief Engineer on the Sea-Land Galloway. On sea trails off the coast of Norway we made in excess of 43 Knots. The eight vessels of the SL-7 class are now serving with the U.S. Navy. They were 982 ft. with a beam of 106.5 ft. and could tranist the Panama and Suez canals. What a wonderful start to large container ships with powerful engines. Most of the machiner on deck and in the engine room was U.S.A. built.

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