DESIGN AND OPERATION OF THE PONCE DE LEON

A unique ship, and to some extent the transportation system of which it is a part, is described. The ship was designed to carry 250 40-ft highway trailers and about 300 automobiles in the New York to Puerto Rico trade on a weekly schedule. The ship is 700 ft long and 105 ft wide over the main deck. It displaces 24,000 tons at the design draft of 27 ft. A single boiler, steam turbine propulsion plant generates 32,000 shp driving the ship with a single screw. A controlled passive stabilization system based on the U tube tank principle is installed. Terminal facilities at both ends of the run include vehicle marshalling yards, yard tractors, scales, and loading ramps.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  1290 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY  United States  10019
• Authors:
  • Schorsch, E
  • Lawlor, J J
  • Huntington, J S
• Publication Date: 1970-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 73-79
• Serial:
  • Journal of Hydronautics
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Roll on roll off ships
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00005935
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 1973 12:00AM