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From: mdb@mtqub.att.com (Mark D Browning)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Nuclear Navy
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Date: 3 May 91 14:07:53 GMT
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From: mdb@mtqub.att.com (Mark D Browning)


Yes, many cruisers are nuclear powered.  As for the Savanah, when
I was stationed on the F. S. KEY (SSBN 657) in Charleston SC the
Savanah was there.  The Savanah was a combined cargo/passenger
ship.  She was a failure, not because of any particular technical
problems with the nuclear power plant, but because of her mixed
mission.  As a pure cargo ship she might have been economically
successful, but she couldn't carry enough cargo to pay for the
plant, and she wasn't a good passenger ship because she had to
deliver cargo.

When I was in Charleston from 81 to 83, the Savanah was a floating
restaurant.

Mark Browning