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Nuclear-powered ships by navy (4 C) A. Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (2 C, 2 P) I. Nuclear-powered icebreakers (2 C, 7 P) M. Nuclear-powered merchant ships (5 P) N.
Pages in category "Nuclear-powered ships of the United States Navy" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the early 1960s, the United States Navy was the world's first to have nuclear-powered cruisers as part of its fleet. The first such ship was USS Long Beach (CGN-9). Commissioned in late summer 1961, she was the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant. She was followed a year later by USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25).
Nuclear-powered ships of the Soviet Navy (2 C, 6 P) U. Nuclear-powered ships of the United States Navy (8 C, 31 P) This page was last edited on 22 March 2024, at ...
Nuclear-powered merchant ships includes all merchant ships with nuclear propulsion. Pages in category "Nuclear-powered merchant ships" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Nuclear Fuel Transport Co. Ltd. 2006 4924 100 16.5 5.1 14.7 14.1 [3] Oceanic Pintail: United Kingdom Nuclear Decommissioning: 1987 5271 103.92 16.62 5 9.7 8.1 [4] Pacific Egret: United Kingdom Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. 2010 6776 20-24 104 17.3 5.5 12.6 8 [5] [6] Pacific Grebe: United Kingdom Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. 2010 6840 20-24 ...
She was in service between 1962 and 1972 as one of only four nuclear-powered cargo ships ever built. [2] (The Soviet ice-breaker Lenin, launched on December 5, 1957, was the first nuclear-powered civilian ship.) Savannah was deactivated in 1971 and after several moves was moored at Pier 13 of the Canton Marine Terminal in Baltimore, Maryland in ...
A nuclear navy, or nuclear-powered navy, refers to the portion of a navy consisting of naval ships powered by nuclear marine propulsion. The concept was revolutionary for naval warfare when first proposed. Prior to nuclear power, submarines were powered by diesel engines and could only submerge through the use of batteries.