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  1. JFC Fuller

    D1W Surface Ship Reactor

    I have found three readily available sources referencing this reactor, either directly or indirectly: Rickover and the Nuclear Navy, Francis Duncan, 1990 American destroyers and Frigates, Norman Friedman, 1982 Deciding to Buy: Civil-military Relations and Major Weapons Programs, Quentin E...
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    • aec atomic energy commission bureau of ships cold war energy research and development administration naval reactor naval reactors branch naval reactors facility naval sea systems command united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Propulsion
  2. Grey Havoc

    American Export Isbrandtsen Lines nuclear-powered container ships project (1964-68)

    This was a project intended to provide three (correction, four) atomic powered high speed container ships for use on Essential Foreign Trade Route No. 12, between the U.S. Atlantic Coast and the Far East. The ships would have used the AEC Maritime Reactor, a clean sheet gas-cooled reactor design...
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    • 1950s 33000-ton tanker aec american export isbrandtsen line atomic energy commission atomic ships atoms for peace cold war contract ma-1893 high speed container ships isbrandtsen co. maritime administration naval reactor nuclear powered vessels u.s. congress united states vietnam war
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. D

    Seeking Information on the 1948 Allis-Chalmers Gas Cooled Naval Reactor (USN)

    If anyone can help me find out more information on this, I would be greatly appreciative. Around 1948, the United States Navy signed contracts for the development of three prospective naval propulsion reactors. The first two are most well known, being the Westinghouse pressurized light water...
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    • allis-chalmers allis-chalmers manufacturing company atomic energy commission atomic ships cold war late 1940s naval reactor nuclear powered vessels oak ridge national laboratory post-world war ii united states united states navy
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. Triton

    US Navy CONFORM submarine

    Images of a model from the US Navy concept formulation (CONFORM) submarine project from the late 1960s. CONFORM was a possible follow-on to the Permit (SSN 594) and Sturgeon (SSN 637) classes devised by Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea) circa 1967-68. By November 1968, the initial CONFORM...
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    • aec atomic energy commission attack submarine buships cold war continuing concept formulation (conform) navsea navships nuclear powered vessels ssn submarine united states united states navy
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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