Document Details
Title:
THE N S SAVANNAH, THE FIRST CARGO-PASSENGER SHIP TO BE DRIVEN BY NUCLEAR POWER
Author(s):
UNK, [STATES MARINE CORPORATION, NY]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1962 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097103
Document Number(s):
AEC626681
Originating Research Org.:
UNITED STATES MARINES
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE N.S. SAVANNAH THE FIRST CARGO-PASSENGER SHIP TO BE DRIVEN BY NUCLE AR POWER IS SHOWN HERE DURING ONE OF HER SEA TRIALS IN THE SPRING OF 1 962. THE 22,000-TON VESSEL A JOINT PROJECT OF THE USAEC AND THE MARAI TIME ADMINISTRATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WAS BUILT TO DE MONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR MERCHANT SHIPPIN G. FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF HER SEA TRIALS THE SAVANNAH WAS PLACED IN OPERATION BY STATES MARINE LINES OF NEW YORK GENERAL AGENT FOR THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND SENT ON A SERIES OF VISITS TO IMPO RTANT SEA PORTS