NS Savannah
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NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship, launched on July 21, 1959, two years after the Soviet ice-breaker Lenin, the first nuclear-powered civilian vessel. A demonstration project for
NS Savannah reaching the Golden Gate Bridge in 1962
Partly restored passenger stateroom
Main lobby in 2012
Dining room
SS Savannah
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SS Savannah was an American hybrid sailing ship/sidewheel steamer built in 1818. She was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, transiting mainly under sail power from May to June 1819. In s
NS Savannah
…was given the new designation "NS" for "Nuclear Ship", replacing the traditional commercial vessel prefix "SS" for "Screw Steamer", and was named after SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. She was funded by United States government agencies as part of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1955…
Savannah
Diagram of Savannah, showing lines and sail plan.
James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, took an excursion aboard Savannah shortly before her historic voyage.
Savannah under both sail and steam power