DIMENSIONS*: Cylinder* Sphere* Disk* Comparably Sized Spacecraft and Stuctures Hull Cube* Volume (m3) (length[m] / Width [m] / Tonnage / Crew)** ==== ===== =========== ========================================== 1 10x2 31.42 US Gemini Space Capsule (5.6 / 3 / 3.8 / 2) 4 33.51 US Trident C-4 ICBM (10.4 / 1.9 / 33 / -) 3x1 28.3 US Apollo 11 Spacecraft (10.6 / 3.9 / 62*** / 3.25 34.33 3) [includes Command, Service & Lunar Command Modules] [Aliens] Type 337 Emergency Escape Vehicle (13.2 / - / - / 5) UK AV-8A Harrier Jumpjet (13.9 / 7.7 wingspan / 11.3 / 1) [WW II] V-2 Rocket (14 / 1.6 / 12.9 / -) USSR Salyut 6 Space Station (15 / 4.2 / 20.4 / 3) [Aliens] Narcissus Class Lifeboat (- / - / 48 / 2) 2 30x5 589.05 [Star Wars] Imperial Shuttle (20 / - / - / 4 + 14 passengers) 10 523.59 [Star Wars] Stormtrooper Transport 10x2 628.2 (25 / - / - / 5 + 30 Stormtroopers or 10 Zero-G Stormtroopers) 8.25 561.52 [Aliens] UD-4L Cheyenne Dropship (25.18 / 12.59 wingspan / 18.6 / 2 crew + up to 4 fully equipped squads, 1 M-577 APC or 16,000 kg cargo) US C-130 Hercules Cargo Jet (32.3 / 40.5 wingspan, 70.3 / 4) US SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane (32.7 / 16.9 Wingspan / 77.1 / 2) US Gemini-Titan II Rocket (33.2 / 3.1 / 185*** / -) US Skylab Station (36.1 / 3.9 to 6.6 / 89.6*** / 3) US Space Shuttle Orbiter (37.2 / 23.8 wingspan / 84.3*** / 3 or 6) US [JPL] TAU Probe (26 / 5 / - *** / -) 3 50x8 2,513.27 US B1-B Bomber (45.8 / 41.7 wingspan / 179.2 / ? ) 17 2,572.44 US Space Shuttle External Tank (47 / 8.4 / 743.3/ -) 16x3 2,412.74 US B-52D Bomber (48 / 56 wingspan / 213.2 / ?) 13.5 2460.38 US Titan III-E Centaur Rocket (48.8 / 3.1/ 640*** / -) [2010] Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Spacecraft (50 / - / - / 10) USSR Energia Rocket (60 / 8 / 4,000*** / -) 4 75x12 8,482. 30 US C-5A Galaxy Cargo Jet (75.5 / 67.9 wingspan 25 8,181.23 / 348.8 / 5 + 90 passengers) 26x4 8,494.87 20.5 8,615.13 5 100x15 17,671.46 [Star Wars] Rebel Transport (90 / - / - 7 + 19,000 mt cargo) 32 17,157.29 Statue of Liberty [New York City, US] (92.9 / - / - / -) 34x5 18,158.41 USN Los Angeles class SSN (109.7 / 10.1 / 6,925 submerged / 13 officers + 120 enlisted) 26 15,576.00 US Saturn V Rocket (110.6 / 10 / 2,912.9*** / -) 6 130x20 40,840.70 [2001] Discovery (121 / - / - / 5) 43 41,629.77 USN Lafayette class SSBM (129.5 / 10.1 / 8,250 / 13 officers + 130 enlisted) 47x6 41,638.67 USN Charles Adams class DDG (133.2 / 14.3 / 4,825 / 20 officers + 340 enlisted) 34.5 41,063.63 USN Oliver Hazard Perry class FFG (135.6 / 13.7 / 3,585 / 13 officers + 193 enlisted, including 19 aircrew; also carries 2 helicopters) 7 150x25 73,631.08 USN Thomaston class LSD (155.5 / 25.6 / 12,150 52 73,622.18 / 20 officers + 380 enlisted, + 340 troops****) 57x7 71,449.24 [Star Wars] Corellian Corvette (150 / - / - / 8 officers + 38 enlisted) 42 74,088.00 8 180x30 127,234.50 Washington Monument [Washington D. C., US] (169.6 / - / - / -) 62 124,788.25 [Ringworld] Puppeteer/GP 3 Hull (150 / 35 / -/ -) 71x8 126,694.15 USN Ohio class SSBM (170.7 / 12.8 / 18,700 submerged / 15 officers + 140 enlisted) 50.5 128,787.63 USSR Typhoon class SSBM (171.5 / 24.6 / 26,500 Submerged / 150) USN Spruance class DDG (171.7 / 16.8 / 8,040 / 20 officers + 299 enlisted; carries up to 2 helicopters) USN Ticonderoga class CG (172.5 / 16.8 / 9,590 / 33 officers + 325 enlisted; carries 2 helicopters) USN Virginia class CGN (178.4 / 19.2 / 11,300 / 34-45 officers + 520-579 enlisted) USN Iwo Jima class LPH-9 (183.7 / 25.6 / 18,300 / 48 officers + 638 enlisted men + 1 Marine Battalion [144 officers + 1,602 enlisted]****) 9 210x35 202,043.68 Houston Astrodome [Houston, US] (196 [dome diam.] / 66 [dome height] / - / 73 203,688.82 66,000 spectators; stadium diam. is 216 m.; floor area is 11,613 m3) 85x9 204,282.06 59 205,379.00 [Star Trek] MK IV People / Starliner Container (200 / 18 / 80,000 / 15 officers + 150 enlisted, + 500 passengers) [Star Trek] MK 1, II, III & V Transport Containers (200 / 40 / 121,566 / - ; cargo designations are MK1 = liquids, MK II = dry bulk, MK III = refrigerated goods, MK V = products; tonnage is only 100,000 for MK III) USN Wichita class Fleet Oil Tanker (206.9 / 29.3 / 38,100 / 390 - 457; cargo capacity is 160,000 barrels of fuel oil, 600 tons of munitions, 200 tons dry stores and 100 tons refrigerated stores) UK Great Eastern [largest steamship ever built] (211 / 37 / 18,914 / 418 crew + up to 3,000 passengers ) [Star Trek] MK VI model Ptolemy class Transport (222 / 66 / 126,500 / 22 officers + 198 enlisted; diam. listed is overall ship height - saucer diam. is 127.1 m.; engine nacelles are 153.6m. long by 17.3 m. diam.; length, diam. & mass do not include any transport containers carried) 10 240x40 301,592.89 Lusitania [UK cruise ship] (237 / 26.4 / 30,396 / 1800 officers & crew; 83 299,386.97 563 1st class, 464 2nd class & 1138 3rd class passengers) 98x10 301,718.56 USN Sacramento class Combat Support Ship (241.7 / 32.6 / 53,600 / 600 - 680; 2 helicopters; 67 300,763.00 cargo capacity is 177,000 barrels of fuel oil, 2,150 tons of munitions, 250 tons dry stores & 250 tons refrigerated stores) [Star Trek] MK VII model Saladin class Destroyer (242.5 / 60 / 95,000 / 20 officers + 120 enlisted; diam. listed is overall ship height - saucer diam. is 127.1 m.; engine nacelles are 153.6m. long by 17.3 m. diam.) [Star Trek] MK VIII model Hermes class Scout (242.5 / 60 / 94,500 / 20 officers + 175 enlisted; excepting crew, tonnage and armament, is identical to Saladin class destroyer in design) USSR Kirov Nuclear Battle Cruiser (247.5 / 28.5 / 23,400 / 840) USN Tarawa class LHA (249.9 / 38.4 / 39,300 / 56 officers + 879 enlisted, + 1 reinforced Marine Battalion****) [Star Wars] Imperial Lancer class Frigate (250 / - / - / - ; cf. Timothy Zahn's Star Wars trilogy) 11 270x45 429,416.45 [Ringworld] Puppeteer / GP 2 Hull (90 m. diameter sphere; 381,703.51 m3 volume) 94 434,892.77 [Close Encounters of the Third Kind] Devil's Tower, Wyoming, USA (263.7 / - / - / -) 111x11 425,783.19 Battleship Yamato [WW II Imperial Japanese Navy; also Star Blazers anime] 75 421,875.00 (258.9 / 38.1 / 64,000 / ?) USN Iowa class BB (270.4 / 32.9 / 57,355 / 65 officers + 1,453 enlisted; carries up to 4 helicopters) 12 300x50 589,048.62 [Star Trek] MK IX model Heavy Cruiser (294 / 78 / 190,000 / ?; Enterprise A) 104 588,977.41 SS United States [US cruise ship] (297 / 30.6 / 50,924 / 1,068 officers & crew; 125x12 589,048.62 882 1st Class, 685 Cabin Class & 784 Tourist Class passengers; 84 592,704.00 WW II troop capacity was 14,000 fully equipped men) USN Midway class CV (298.4 / 72.5 / 64,000 / 142 Officers + 2,684 enlisted, + 1,854 in air wing; carries 66 aircraft) [Star Wars] Nebulon B Escort Frigate (300 / - / - / 77 officers + 843 enlisted; also carries 1 X-Wing or A-Wing + 1 Y-Wing squadrons) Chrysler Building [New York City, USA] (318.8 / - / - / -) [Star Trek] MK X model Federation class Dreadnought (320 / 87 / 285,000 / 55 officers + 445 enlisted; diam. listed is overall height of ship - diam. of saucer is 140 m.; secondary hull length / diam. is 122 / 30; engine nacelles are 153.6 m. long by 17.3 m. diam.) Queen Elizabeth [UK cruise ship] (309.3 / 35.7 / 82,998 / 1,296 officers & crew; 882 1st Class, 668 Cabin Class & 798 Tourist Class passengers; WW II troop capacity was 20,000 fully equipped men) 13 340x55 807,782.01 USN Nimitz class CVN (332.9 / 76.8 / 90,925 / 155 officers + 2,981 enlisted crew, 106 817,283.23 & 366 officers + 2,434 enlisted in air wing; carries 90 aircraft) 141x13 811,954.05 USN Enterprise class CVN (342.3 / 75.7 / 90,970 / 180 officers + 3,139 enlisted, 93 804,357.00 & 310 officers + 2,010 enlisted in air wing; carries 90 aircraft) Eiffel Tower [Paris, France] (352 / - / - / -; height includes 17 m. radio antenna) 14 380x60 1,074,424.70 Empire State Building [New York City, USA] (381 / - / - / -) 127 1,072,530.80 [Aliens] USS Sulaco - Conestoga class starship (385 / - / 78,000 / 156x14 1,070,353.20 up to 90 passengers & crew; cargo capacity is 1.2 million cubic meters, 102.5 1,076,890.60 allowing storage of up to 4 shuttles, or 2,000 cryo-sleep capsules) 15 420x70 1,616,349.40 146 1,629,510.60 185x15 1,612,815.10 117 1,601,613.00 16 450x75 1,988,039.10 156 1,987,798.80 199x16 1,990,563.40 125.5 1,976,656.40 17 475x80 2,387,610.40 Greater New Orleans Bridge [New Orleans, USA] (472 / - / - / -) 166 2,395,095.80 Brooklyn Bridge [New York City, USA] (478.5 / - / - / -) 211x17 2,377,736.40 133.5 2,379,270.40 18 500x85 2,837,250.90 176 2,854,543.20 224x18 2,837,386.00 142.5 2,833,148.40 19 540x90 3,435,331.60 187 3,423,918.70 240x19 3,438,159.00 151 3,442,951.00 20 600x100 4,712,389.00 [Star Wars] Imperial Interdictor Cruiser (600 / 208 4,711,819.30 - / - / 427 officers + 2,380 enlisted; also carries 1 274x20 4,717,164.20 TIE Fighter squadron + 1 TIE Interceptor 167.5 4,699,421.90 squadron, 1 Lambda class Imperial Shuttle, & 3 Stormtrooper Transports) [Star Wars] Dreadnought class Heavy Cruiser (600 / - / - / 16,000 Imperial or 5,000 Rebel crew; cf. Timothy Zahn's Star Wars trilogy / "Katana fleet") Delaware Memorial Bridge [Delaware, USA] (645 / - / - / -) Examples of Larger Ships and Structures: --- 900 [Star Wars] Victory class Star Destroyer (900 / - / - / 5,000 crew + 2,000 ground troops; also carries 2 TIE Fighter squadrons [@ 12 fighters per squadron]) --- 1,200 [Star Wars] Mon Calamari MC-80 Cruiser (1200 / - / - / 668 officers + 4,734 enlisted; also carries 2 X-Wing, 3 Y-Wing & 1 A-Wing squadrons) --- 1,260 Golden Gate Bridge [San Francisco, USA] (1,260 / - / - / -) --- 1,278 Verrazano Narrows Bridge [New York City, USA] (1,278 / - / - / -) --- 1,600 [Star Wars] Imperial class Star Destroyer (1,600 / - / - / 4,520 officers + 32,565 enlisted; plus 1 standard Stormtrooper Division, 12 Landing Barges, 20 AT-AT Walkers, & 30 AT-ST Walkers; also carries 3 TIE Fighter squadrons, 2 TIE Interceptor squadrons, 1 TIE Bomber squadron, 8 Lambda class Imperial Shuttles, 15 Stormtrooper Transports, & 5 Assault Gunboats) --- 8,000 [Star Wars] Executor Super Star Destroyer (8,000 / - / - / ??? crew + 1 Stormtrooper Corps + 38,000 ground troops) NOTES: * All dimensions are given in meters per KH. Please note that the first value listed for disc-shaped craft is the radius of the disc (double to get its diameter); standard discs are assumed to be 1 meter thick per point of Hull Size. Shape Type Dimensions ========== ========== Cylinder Length x Diameter Sphere Diameter Disk Radius x Thickness Cube Length of Each Side ** Tonnages for aircraft, ICBM's, rockets and spacecraft are in metric tons. Ship tonnages are in "long tons" (1 ton = 2,240 lbs.); a long ton is nearly equal to the weight of a metric ton (1 metric ton = 1,000 kg or 2,204 lbs.). Shipping tonnages (cargo measure only) can also be figured in "volumetric tons", where 1 ton = 100 ft3 or 2.8 m3. Tonnages listed are displacement tonnage for military ships, gross tonnages for civilian ships; combat aircraft weights as listed are with full weapons load, transport aircraft are listed with normal takeoff load. "Lengths" listed for buildings and other vertical structures are their heights; "lengths" listed for bridges are the length of the bridges' main span only, not the overall length of the bridge. NAVY SHIP CLASS ABBREVIATIONS: LSD = Landing Ship Dock LPH = Amphibious Assault Ship LHA = Amphibious Assault Ship SSN = Nuclear-powered Attack Submarine SSBN = Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarine FFG = Guided Missile Frigate DDG = Guided Missile Destroyer CG = Guided Missile Cruiser CGN = Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Cruiser CV = Aircraft Carrier CVN = Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier BB = Battleship *** SPACECRAFT NOTES: Launch Payloads: US Gemini-Titan II: 8,297 lbs. (3.76 metric tons) [Gemini capsule] US Titan IIIE-Centaur: 8,400 lbs. (3.8 metric tons) [launched Viking and Voyagers probes] US Space Shuttle: 65,000 lbs. (29.48 metric tons) [assumes Kennedy Space Center launch; launch from other sites reduces payload to orbit] USSR Energia (4 boosters): 340,000 lbs. (110 metric tons) (6 boosters): 485,000 lbs. (220 metric tons) US Saturn V Rocket: 313,500 lbs. (62 metric tons) [Apollo command & service modules, lander] Habitable Volumes: US Apollo spacecraft: 59.4 m3 (command module) + 4.5 m3 (lunar module) US Skylab: 331 m3 (conditioned work volume of cluster) ADDITIONAL NOTES: Diameters listed for spacecraft are those at the widest point on the craft. The TAU Probe is a proposed US Jet Propulsion Laboratory probe with a nuclear electric (ion) engine designed to explore the area 1000 AU (Astronomical Units; 1 AU = the distance from the Sun to the Earth) from the Sun. Weight of the USSR Energia Rocket as listed in the table is with 6 boosters. **** Additional vehicles carried by amphibious transport ships: USN Thomaston class: 21 LCM-6's, or 3 LCU's & 6 LCM-6's, or 50 LVT's with another 30 LVT's housed on upper decks; troop accommodation is 340. Optionally can carry helicopters. USN Iwo Jima class: 1 US Marine battalion landing team (144 officers + 1,602 enlisted) plus its equipment, artillery & vehicles; accommodation amounts to 4,300 ft3 (400 m2) for vehicles & 37,400 ft3 (3,475 m3) for palletized stores plus bulk storage for 6,500 gallons of vehicle fuel & 405,000 gallons of turbine fuel. Also carries 20 CH-46D or 11 CH-53D helicopters (or a mix of the two); or a mix of 24 CH-46,CH-53, AH-1 & UH-1 helicopters; and (with a reduced helicopter complement) 4 AV-8 Harrier aircraft. USN Tarawa class: Troop accommodation of 1 US Marine reinforced battalion of 172 officers + 1,731enlisted. 4 LCU's plus 6 LCM-6's; vehicle accommodation amounts to 33,730 ft3 (3,135 m3), and palletized stores to a volume of 116,900 ft3 (3,310 m3); liquid storage is 10,000 gallons of vehicle fuel & 400,000 gallons of turbine fuel. Also carries up to 26 CH-46 or 19 CH-53D/E helicopters, and (by reducing number of helicopters) a varying number of AV-8B Harrier aircraft. SOURCES FOR LISTED VEHICLES AND STRUCTURES INCLUDE: Buildings, Bridges & other structures: Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1973 edition. A. C. Clarke's Odyssey spacecraft: Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Signet / New American Library, 1968. *Note: The Discovery of the movie was lengthened to 700 feet / 213 m (equivalent to HS 9). The spherical pressure hull where most of the action takes place is described as 40 ft. / 12.19 m. in diameter (roughly equivalent to HS 2). Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two, Ballantine Books, 1982. *Note: The Leonov's length does not include the ship's external hydrogen fuel tanks. Alien and Aliens ships: Lee Brimmicombe-Woode, Aliens Colonial Marines Technical Manual, Harper Prism, 1996. Cruise ships: Nicholas T. Cairis, Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893 (revised ed.), Bonanza Books, N. Y., 1979. Military Aircraft and Ships: Ray Bonds (ed.), The US War Machine, Crown Publishers Inc., 1983. Christopher Chant, Sea Forces of the World, Crescent Books, N. Y., 1990. The Almanac of Seapower, Navy League of the United States, 1983. H. P. Wilmott, Warships, Octopus Books Ltd., 1975. Larry Niven's Ringworld ships: Kevin Stein, The Guide to Larry Niven's Ringworld, Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1994. Star Trek ships: (no author listed), Star Fleet Technical Handbook, Franz Josephs Designs, 1975. *Note: these are all ships from the original TV series. Star Wars ships: Bill Smith, Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Vehicles & Vessels, Del Rey / Ballantine, 1996. Roger Stewart (exec. ed.), X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide, Prima Publishing, 1993. The TAU Probe Eugene Mallov & Gregory Matloff, The Starflight Handbook, Stephen Kippur, 1989. US & USSR spacecraft: Kenneth Gatland, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space Technology, Salamander Books Ltd., 1981. Framk Miles & Nicholas Booth (ed.'s), Race to Mars, Harper & Row Publishers, 1988. Star Frontiers: Expanded Starship Size Table
