Nuclear navy, or nuclear powered navy consists of ships powered by relatively small onboard nuclear reactors known as naval reactors. Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, usually with multiple decks. ... Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ... Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a Merchant ship powered by a nuclear reactor. ...

Ships carrying nuclear weapons are frequently also nuclear powered, but not all nuclear-powered ships carry nuclear weapons, and nuclear weapons can also be carried by conventionally-powered ships. The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ...

The United States Navy has the world's largest nuclear submarine fleet. Only the United States Navy and the Royal Navy field an all-nuclear submarine force. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ...

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, (1900 - 1986), of the United States Navy, known as "Father of the Nuclear Navy" was an electrical engineer by training, and was the primary architect who implemented this daring concept, and believed that it was the natural next phase for the way military vessels could be propelled and powered. The challenge was to reduce the size of a nuclear reactor to fit onboard a ship or submarine, as well as to encase it sufficiently so that radiation hazards would not be a safety concern. Hyman G. Rickover (1955) Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, U.S. Navy, (January 27, 1900 – July 8, 1986) was known as the Father of the Nuclear Navy, which as of November 2005 had produced 199 nuclear-powered submarines, and 19 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and cruisers, though many of these U... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hyman George Rickover, (January 27, 1900 - July 8, 1986) was a US Navy Admiral known as the Father of the Nuclear Navy. ... This article treats electronics engineering as a subfield of electrical engineering, though this is not typical use in some areas. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, usually with multiple decks. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... Radiation has a variety of different meanings. ...

Post war development

Soon after World War II, Rickover was assigned to the Bureau of Ships in September 1947 and received lots of helpful training in nuclear power at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In February 1949 he received an assignment to the Division of Reactor Development, Atomic Energy Commission and then assumed control of the United States Navy's effort as Director of the Naval Reactors Branch in the Bureau of Ships. This dual role allowed him to lead the efforts to develop the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, Nautilus (SSN-571), which was launched in 1954. As Vice Admiral, from 1958, for three decades Rickover exercised tight control over the ships, technology, and personnel of the nuclear navy, even interviewing every prospective officer for new nuclear powered navy vessels. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... The United States Navys Bureau of Ships (BuShips) was established by Congress on June 20, 1940, by a law which consolidated the functions of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and the Bureau of Engineering. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Oak Ridge is a city located in Anderson and Roane Counties in eastern Tennessee, about 25 miles northwest of Knoxville. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Almost a year after World War II ended, Congress established the United States Atomic Energy Commission to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... For other ships named Nautilus, see USS Nautilus and Ships named Nautilus USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the worlds first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first vessel to complete a submerged transit across the North Pole. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vice Admiral is a naval rank of three star level, equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For online phenomenon of shipping, see Shipping (fandom). ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a level of technological mastery sufficient to leave the surface of the planet for the first time and explore space. ... Human Resources has at least two meanings depending on context. ... An officer is a member of a military service who holds a position of responsibility. ...

Revolutionary concept

The concept was revolutionary and excellent in the annals of naval warfare as it would mean that ships at sea, or under the oceans, would not have to stop to take on fuel, as with the fossil fuels of petroleum oil or coal as in earlier times. Naval warfare is combat in and on seas and oceans. ... Coal rail cars in Ashtabula, Ohio Fossil fuels, also known as mineral fuels, are hydrocarbon-containing natural resources such as coal, oil and natural gas. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil ) or crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ... Coal (previously referred to as pitcoal or seacoal) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ...

Philip Abelson

Philip Abelson (born 1913), also known as the "Father of the Nuclear Submarine" contributed to the first nuclear powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), launched on January 21st 1954, which was the first vessel to travel under the North Pole ice cap. Philip Hauge Abelson (April 27, 1913 - August 1, 2004) was a physicist, editor of scientific literature, and science writer. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Philip Hauge Abelson (April 27, 1913 - August 1, 2004) was a physicist, editor of scientific literature, and science writer. ... For other ships named Nautilus, see USS Nautilus and Ships named Nautilus USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the worlds first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first vessel to complete a submerged transit across the North Pole. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The North Pole is the northernmost point on the Earth. ... An ice cap is a dome-shaped water ice mass that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area (usually covering a highland area). ...

US naval reactors

Main article: Nuclear marine propulsion

Main article: United States Naval reactor

At the present time, many important vessels in the United States Navy are powered by United States Naval reactors. All submarines and all but two aircraft carriers are nuclear powered. Several cruisers were nuclear powered but these have all been retired because they were old. [1] Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a Merchant ship powered by a nuclear reactor. ... United States Naval reactors are given three-character designations consisting of a letter representing the ship type the reactor is designed for, a consecutive generation number, and a letter indicating the reactors designer. ...

United States naval reactors are given three-character designations consisting of a letter representing the ship type the reactor is designed for, a consecutive generation number, and a letter indicating the reactor's designer. The ship types are "A" for aircraft carrier, "C" for cruiser, "D" for destroyer, or "S" for submarine. The designers are "W" for Westinghouse, "G" for General Electric, "C" for Combustion Engineering, and "B" for Bettis Laboratory. An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1992. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer (French: contre-torpilleur, German: Zerstörer, Spanish: destructor, Italian: cacciatorpediniere) is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... Westinghouse logo (designed by Paul Rand) The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886. ... GE redirects here; for other uses, see GE (disambiguation). ... Combustion Engineering was a leading firm in the development of power systems in the United States in the late 20th century. ... Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory is a U. S. Government-owned, contractor-operated research and development facility located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA, focusing on the design and development of nuclear power for the U.S. Navy. ...

Most information concerning United States naval reactors is not secret - see Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPI) is a category of intellectual capital defined by the United States Navy to be that information and/or hardware concerning the design, arrangement, development, manufacturing, testing, operation, administration, training, maintenance, and repair of the propulsion plants of Naval Nuclear Powered Ships including the associated shipboard...

Military nuclear navies

By 1989, there were over 400 nuclear-powered submarines operational or being built. Some 250 of these submarines have now been scrapped and some on order cancelled, due to weapons reduction programs. Russia and the United States had over one hundred each, with the United Kingdom and France less than twenty each and China six. The total today is about 160. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The United States Navy has the most nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (10). France's latest aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, is nuclear powered - however, the French Navy is planning to use conventional power for its next carrier. The United Kingdom has rejected nuclear power for its Future Carriers due to cost. The United States no longer has nuclear cruisers, but they are still in use by Russia. Russia has eight nuclear icebreakers in service or building. An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... The Charles De Gaulle (R91) is the only serving French aircraft carrier and is the flagship of the French Navy (Marine Nationale). ... CVF, literally Aircraft Carrier Future, but commonly called the Future Carrier is a new generation of aircraft carrier being developed for the United Kingdoms Royal Navy. ... The USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ... US Coast Guard icebreakers near McMurdo Station, February 2002 An icebreaker is a special purpose ship designed to move through ice covered marine environments. ...

The US Navy has accumulated over 5400 "reactor years" of accident-free experience, and operates more than 80 nuclear-powered ships.

Ballistic missiles

Submarines and ships are used as floating or underwater launching platforms for ballistic missile which usually have no wings or fins, with a prescribed course that cannot be altered after the missile has burned its fuel, whereafter its course is governed by the laws of ballistics. In order to cover large distances ballistic missiles must be launched very high into the air and often to low earth orbit altitudes. Ballistic missiles are generally designed to deliver nuclear warheads because their payload is too limited for conventionally-armed ballistic missiles to be efficient. Polish missile wz. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ...

US Naval nuclear missiles

• Submarine-launched ballistic missile, modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) each of which carries a warhead and allows a single launched missile to strike a handful of targets.
• Trident missile or Trident fleet ballistic missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines, making it a SLBM, and planned to be deployed past 2020.
• Polaris missile was a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) carrying a nuclear warhead developed during the Cold War for the United States Navy. The missile began to be replaced by Poseidon beginning in 1972, in the 1980s both were replaced by the Trident I.
• Poseidon missile was the second US Navy ballistic missile system, it had improved accuracy and up to 14 W68 multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) in its warhead bus.
• Cruise missile is a guided missile which uses a lifting wing and most often a jet propulsion system to allow sustained flight. Cruise missiles are, in essence, unmanned aircraft. They are generally designed to carry a large conventional or nuclear warhead many hundreds of miles with excellent accuracy.
  • Tomahawk missile or Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range cruise missile. It was designed as a medium to long range, low altitude aircraft that could be launched from a submerged submarine. It was subsequently deployed both on submarines and surface vessels. The Tomahawk can be used against surface ships, as the Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missile (TASM), or land targets, employing several different types of warheads. Originally designed to carry either a 1000 lb TNT-equivalent conventional warhead or a nuclear warhead, subsequent SALT agreements between the U.S. and the Soviet Union resulted in all nuclear Tomahawk missiles being removed from deployment.

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See also

• JASON reactor