Revell N.S. Savannah 1/380 Scale

The NS Savannah was the world's first nuclear merchant vessel. She was launched July 21st 1959. Her maiden voyage was not before 1962 due to numerous technical difficulties. She was designed as an experimental, non competitive, cargo/passenger vessel and built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation as a joint Atomic Energy Commission - Maritime Administration project. Unlike naval vessels such as submarines and aircraft carriers, where nuclear propulsion is widely used and accepted, the NS Savannah, and the later Otto Hahn proved that this method of propulsion is unsuccessful on commercial merchant ships.

One of the major problems, besides high maintenance due to security reasons, is lack of public acceptance regarding nuclear energy in general. Even though the NS Savannah had no reported accidents, only few passengers traveled on her. The ship was taken out of service in 1970 and lies now floating and neglected in the James River together with other abandoned vessels. A plan to use the NS Savannah as a museum has yet to become reality.

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