NS Savannah information

NS *Savannah*
	NS Savannah reaching the Golden Gate Bridge in 1962
History
United States
Owner	US Maritime Administration
Operator	1962–1965: States Marine Lines, Inc.; 1965–1972: American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines[unreliable source?];
Port of registry	Savannah
Ordered	1955
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, United States
Cost	$46,900,000 ($18,600,000 for the ship, and $28,300,000 for the nuclear plant and fuel)
Yard number	529
Launched	July 21, 1959
Sponsored by	Mamie Eisenhower
Completed	December 1961
Acquired	May 1, 1962
Maiden voyage	August 20, 1962
In service	1964
Out of service	January 10, 1972
Identification	IMO number: 5314793; Callsign: KSAV;
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Type	Nuclear-powered cargo ship
Tonnage	13,599 gross register tons (GRT); 9,900 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	596 ft (181.66 m)
Beam	78 ft (23.77 m)
Installed power	One 74 MW Babcock & Wilcox nuclear reactor (LEU <= 4.6%) powering two De Laval steam turbines
Propulsion	20,300 hp (15,100 kW) (designed) single shaft
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (service speed); 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) (maximum speed);
Range	300,000 nmi (560,000 km; 350,000 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) on one single load of 32 fuel elements
Capacity	60 passengers; 14,040 ton cargo capacity;
Crew	124
	Savannah (nuclear ship)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
Nearest city	Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°15′30.5″N 76°33′19.5″W / 39.258472°N 76.555417°W
Built	1961
Architect	George G. Sharp, Inc.; New York Ship Building Corporation
NRHP reference No.	82001518
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1982
Designated NHL	July 17, 1991

NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship. She was built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 million (including a $28.3 million nuclear reactor and fuel core) and launched on July 21, 1959. She was funded by United States government agencies. Savannah was a demonstration project for the potential use of nuclear energy.^[6] The ship was named after SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic ocean. She was in service between 1962 and 1972 as one of only four nuclear-powered cargo ships ever built.^[1] (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 2008.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Asklander, Micke. "N/S Savannah (1962)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved February 7, 2008.
^ "NS Savannah". Virtual Office of Acquisition. United States Maritime Administration. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
^ https://lynceans.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Marine-Nuclear-Power-1939-2018_Part-2B_USA_surface-ships.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "N.S. Savannah (Nuclear Merchant Ship)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
^ McCandlish, Laura (May 13, 2008). "Savannah calls on Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. p. D1. ^{[dead link]}
^ Smith, Van (April 13, 2011). "Mothballed in Mobtown". Baltimore City Paper.

[FoF-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Asklander, Micke. "N/S Savannah (1962)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved February 7, 2008.

[2] "NS Savannah". Virtual Office of Acquisition. United States Maritime Administration. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2008.

[3] ttps://lynceans.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Marine-Nuclear-Power-1939-2018_Part-2B_USA_surface-ships.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[nris-4] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nhlsum-5] "N.S. Savannah (Nuclear Merchant Ship)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2008.

[Sun08-6] McCandlish, Laura (May 13, 2008). "Savannah calls on Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. p. D1. ^{[dead link]}

[vsmithbcp-7] Smith, Van (April 13, 2011). "Mothballed in Mobtown". Baltimore City Paper.

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History
NS Savannah reaching the Golden Gate Bridge in 1962
United States
Owner	US Maritime Administration^[2]
Operator	1962–1965: States Marine Lines, Inc. 1965–1972: American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines^[1]^{[unreliable source?]}
Port of registry	Savannah
Ordered	1955
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, United States
Cost	$46,900,000 ($18,600,000 for the ship, and $28,300,000 for the nuclear plant and fuel)
Yard number	529^[1]
Launched	July 21, 1959^[1]
Sponsored by	Mamie Eisenhower
Completed	December 1961^[1]
Acquired	May 1, 1962^[1]
Maiden voyage	August 20, 1962^[1]
In service	1964^[1]
Out of service	January 10, 1972^[1]
Identification	IMO number: 5314793 Callsign: KSAV
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Type	Nuclear-powered cargo ship
Tonnage	13,599 gross register tons (GRT); 9,900 long tons deadweight (DWT)^[1]
Length	596 ft (181.66 m)
Beam	78 ft (23.77 m)
Installed power	One 74 MW Babcock & Wilcox nuclear reactor (LEU <= 4.6%^[3]) powering two De Laval steam turbines^[1]
Propulsion	20,300 hp (15,100 kW) (designed) single shaft
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (service speed)^[1] 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) (maximum speed)
Range	300,000 nmi (560,000 km; 350,000 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) on one single load of 32 fuel elements
Capacity	60 passengers 14,040 ton cargo capacity
Crew	124

Savannah (nuclear ship)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

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Nearest city	Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°15′30.5″N 76°33′19.5″W / 39.258472°N 76.555417°W / 39.258472; -76.555417
Built	1961
Architect	George G. Sharp, Inc.; New York Ship Building Corporation
NRHP reference No.	82001518^[4]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1982
Designated NHL	July 17, 1991^[5]