Otto Hahn (ship)

NS Otto Hahn

Otto Hahn in Hamburg harbour, 9 June 1970
History
Name	Otto Hahn
Namesake	Otto Hahn
Ordered	27 November 1962
Builder	Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Cost	56,000,000 German marks
Yard number	1103
Laid down	31 August 1963
Launched	13 June 1964
Completed	1 October 1968
In service	11 October 1968
Identification	IMO number: 6416770 Callsign: DAOH
Fate	Sold for scrap, 2009
General characteristics
Type	Nuclear-powered cargo vessel
Tonnage	16,870 GRT 14,079 DWT
Length	172.05 m (564 ft 6 in)
Beam	23.40 m (76 ft 9 in)
Draught	9.22 m (30 ft 3 in)
Installed power	11,000 metric horsepower (8.09 MW)
Propulsion	1 shaft 1 four-bladed propeller
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Crew	63

Otto Hahn was one of only four nuclear-powered cargo vessels built to date. Planning of a German-built trade and research vessel to test the feasibility of nuclear power in civil service began in 1960 under the supervision of German physicist Erich Bagge. Launched in 1964, her nuclear reactor was deactivated 15 years later in 1979 and replaced by a conventional diesel engine room. The ship was scrapped in 2009.