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- Code Number:
- TSWV03P02_16B
- Title:
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Hughes Glomar Explorer, Caribbean Sea, Project Azorian, IMO: 7233292, 1973, 1970s
- IMO: 7233292
MMSI: 576830000
Builder: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania
Cost: $350 million +
Keel laid down: 1971
Launched: 04/11/1972
Completed: 31/04/1998
Status: Scrapped
Type: Drillship
Displacement: 50,500 long tons
Length: 189 meters (619 feet)
Beam: 35 meters (116 feet)
Draft: 12 meters (38 feet)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric
5 Nordberg 16-cylinder diesel engines driving 4,160 V AC generators turning 6 2,200 hp (1.6 MW) DC shaft motors, twin shafts
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew: 160
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