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The N.S.
Savannah was the world's first nuclear-powered cargo/passenger ship, built by
the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden, New Jersey. The NS
Savannah was one of only three nuclear-powered cargo ships ever built (the
others are the NS Otto Hahn and the Russian container ship Sevmorput).
First proposed in 1955, the Savannah was part of President Eisenhower's
"Atoms for Peace" initiative. Congress authorized the
construction in 1956 as a joint project between the Maritime Administration
of the Department of Commerce and the Atomic Energy Commission. Savannah was launched in March, 1962. Designed to carry 9,400 tons of cargo, 60 passengers
and 124 crew, NS Savannah was capable of cruising at 21 knots and traveling
336,000 miles on a single fuel load.
NS Savannah demonstrated the technical feasibility of nuclear propulsion for
merchant ships and was not expected to be commercially competitive.
Savannah was designed to be visually impressive. The hull was streamlined
to look more like a luxury yacht than a bulk cargo vessel. The NS
Savannah was equipped with 30 air conditioned staterooms, each with an
individual bath, a dining facility that could seat 100 passengers, a lounge
that could double as a movie theater, a veranda, a swimming pool and a
library.
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