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From: fcrary@lightning.Berkeley.EDU (Frank Crary)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Nuclear Navy
Message-ID: <1991May7.062520.12828@amd.com>
Date: 4 May 91 01:28:22 GMT
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From: fcrary@lightning.Berkeley.EDU (Frank Crary)


In article <1991May3.063219.5127@amd.com> wade@ucs.ubc.ca (Doug Wade) writes:
>Two "stupid" questions... Does the USN have any nuclear powered craft
>other than submarines and aircraft carriers? From my days of youth I seem
>to remember there being nuclear cruiser(s).

Yes, there are a few classes of nuclear cruisers. They are used as the
carrier escort crusiers operating with nuclear carriers, that way the
main elements of a carrier group have similar supply requirments.

Frank Crary
UC Berkeley