Otto Gan ( him. Otto Hahn ) - one of the few built merchant ships with a nuclear power plant.
| "Otto Gan" | |
|---|---|
| Otto hahn | |
 "Otto Gan" in the harbor of Hamburg , June 9, 1970 | |
| Flag |  Germany |
| Named after | |
| Ship class and type | Trading and research vessel |
| IMO number | |
| Manufacturer | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel , Germany |
| Launched | June 14, 1964 |
| Commissioned | October 1, 1968 |
| Removed from the fleet | 2009 |
| Status | Recycled |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 16 870 brt |
| Length | full - 172 m |
| Width | 23.4 m |
| Height | boards - 5.33 m |
| Engines | 1 nuclear reactor , 38 MW (until 1979) |
| Power | engine - 10,000 hp |
| Travel speed | 17 knots |
| Autonomy swimming | 250,000 miles on one refueling reactor |
| Crew | 63 people |
| Passenger capacity | 35 (scientific staff) |
| Register tonnage | 14,079 |
Designing a merchant and research vessel to determine the feasibility of using atomic energy in the civilian fleet began in Germany in 1960 . The vessel was laid in 1963 by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel . Launching took place in 1964 . The vessel was named after Otto Gan , an eminent German radiochemist , a Nobel laureate who discovered nuclear isomerism (Uranus Z) and the splitting of uranium. The first captain was Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock , the famous German submariner of the Second World War. In 1968, a 38-megawatt atomic reactor was launched, and sea trials began. In October of the same year, Otto Gan was certified as a trading and research vessel.
Service history
In 1972 , after four years of operation, the reactor was refilled. The ship covered about 250,000 nautical miles (463,000 kilometers ), using 22 kilograms of uranium .
In 1979, Otto Gan was deactivated. His reactor and engine were removed and replaced with a conventional diesel power plant. By this time, the ship passed 650,000 nautical miles (1,200,000 kilometers) on nuclear fuel, having visited 33 ports in 22 countries
In 1983, the vessel was converted into a container ship . On November 19 of the same year, Otto Hahn was renamed Norasia Susan . Then in 1985 it was named Norasia Helga , in 1989 - Madre . As of 2007, Madre has been in operation, flying the flag of Liberia , under the management of the Greek company Alon Maritime since 1999 . Since 2006, the ship has been owned by Domine Maritime , registered in Liberia.
In 2009, the ship was cut for scrap.
See also
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- Nuclear powered boat
- Lenin (atomic icebreaker) - a similar Soviet project
- Savannah is a similar American project.
- Mutsu is a similar Japanese project.
- Northern Sea Route - Russian icebreaking ship