Definition of Tankship

1. a tanker [n -S] - See also: tanker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tankship

tankias
tankies
tanking
tankings
tankini
tankinis
tankless
tanklike
tankling
tanklings
tankmate
tankmates
tankodrome
tankodromes
tanks
tankship (current term)
tankships
tanktop
tanktops
tankwagon
tankwagons
tanky
tanling
tanlings
tanna
tannable
tannage
tannages
tannah
tannahs

Literary usage of Tankship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How to Trade With Korea: A Guide to Trade & Investment by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The Exxon Valdez is a two-year-old tankship of single skin, high-strength steel construction. It is 987 feet long, 166 feet wide and 88 feet deep. ..."

2. Journal by Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate (1916)
"... warning and without regard to the safety of its neutral passengers, of whom the said Thresher was one: by wrecking without warning the American tankship ..."

3. The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil by Robert W. Tolf (1976)
"... tankship, one built exclusively for bulk transport of oil. Safety considerations were the first problems to surmount: sealing off the oil from the ..."

4. Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding: A List of References in the New York by New York Public Library, Rollin Alger Sawyer (1919)
"Evolution of the oil tankship. (Institution of Petroleum Technologists. Journal. London, 1915. v.1, p. 280-324.) VHY 1150. r— (Petroleum world. ..."

5. How to Trade With Korea: A Guide to Trade & Investment by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The Exxon Valdez is a two-year-old tankship of single skin, high-strength steel construction. It is 987 feet long, 166 feet wide and 88 feet deep. ..."

6. Journal by Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate (1916)
"... warning and without regard to the safety of its neutral passengers, of whom the said Thresher was one: by wrecking without warning the American tankship ..."

7. The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil by Robert W. Tolf (1976)
"... tankship, one built exclusively for bulk transport of oil. Safety considerations were the first problems to surmount: sealing off the oil from the ..."

8. Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding: A List of References in the New York by New York Public Library, Rollin Alger Sawyer (1919)
"Evolution of the oil tankship. (Institution of Petroleum Technologists. Journal. London, 1915. v.1, p. 280-324.) VHY 1150. r— (Petroleum world. ..."

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