Patent ID: 9587787
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B63B,F17C,Y02E

Claim:
1. A support structure of a ship comprising: a cylindrical tank extending horizontally, mounted on the ship, and storing a liquefied gas; a curved surface facing an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical tank; and a pair of support units supporting the cylindrical tank on the curved surface and spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the cylindrical tank, wherein each of the pair of support units includes: the plurality of inner members are fixed to the cylindrical tank, the plurality of outer members of a first support unit, which is one of the pair of support units, are configured such that displacement of the plurality of outer members in the axial direction of the cylindrical tank relative to the curved surface is restricted, and the plurality of outer members of a second support unit, which is the other one of the pair of support units, are configured to be slidable on the curved surface in the axial direction of the cylindrical tank.