NS Savannah - Wikipedia
NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship. She was built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 million (including a $28.3 million nuclear reactor and fuel core) and launched on July 21, 1959. She was funded by United States government agencies. Savannah was a demonstration project for the potential use of nuclear energy. [6] .
Nuclear marine propulsion - Wikipedia
Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship or submarine with heat provided by a nuclear reactor. The power plant heats water to produce steam for a turbine used to turn the ship's propeller through a gearbox or through an electric generator and motor.
Climb aboard the Nuclear Ship Savannah in Baltimore, built in 1959 - NPR
2023年6月23日 · Deep inside the Port of Baltimore, past stacks of shipping containers and a plant that makes wallboard, sits the world's first, and only, nuclear-powered cruise ship – the NS Savannah. The...
Nuclear Ship Savannah | MARAD - Transportation
2020年4月16日 · The N.S. Savannah (NSS), a registered National Historic Landmark and the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship, was launched in 1959 to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy as part of the Atoms for Peace Program.
The Incredible Atomic Ship of Dreams - Today I Found Out
2024年8月6日 · For sixty years ago, this glittering monument to mid-century modernism made history by becoming the first civilian ship to sail under nuclear power. For over a decade this cutting-edge ship sailed the world’s oceans, serving as a glittering symbol and global ambassador of the post-war dream of peace and prosperity through technology.
Lenin (1957 icebreaker) - Wikipedia
Lenin (Russian: Ленин) is a Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker, the first nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world. Launched in 1957, it is both the world's first nuclear-powered surface ship [2] and the first nuclear-powered civilian vessel. Lenin entered operation in 1959 and worked clearing sea routes for cargo ships along Russia's northern coast.
NS Savannah - Virtual Tour - Maritime
Welcome to the Nuclear Ship Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship. Savannah was a signature element of President Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace program. She was constructed as a joint project of the former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Maritime Administration.
NS Savannah Association | Preserving the Worlds First Nuclear …
The NS Savannah Association is a 501c3 nonprofit working to promote, protect & preserve the world's first nuclear powered merchant ship.
America's First Nuclear Merchant Ship - Atlas Obscura
2018年5月21日 · The N.S. Savannah is a nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship, created in the 1950s to demonstrate the peaceful potential of atomic energy. It was part of a U.S. government initiative called...
This ship was supposed to usher in an age of nuclear-powered travel
2023年4月5日 · The N.S. Savannah was built to introduce an atomic age of super-clean, hyper-efficient sailing vessels, but ended up a relic in Baltimore Harbor. Why?