See This Sub? It Led the Navy To Build an All-Nuclear Submarine Force
The Nautilus proved that nuclear propulsion was safe and that the pace of technological change was rapid. In 1948, the U.S. Navy established a Nuclear Power Branch, kicking off a revolution in ship propulsion. The department, headed by legendary naval officer Adm. Hyman Rickover, would oversee the construction of a unique ship, the first to take advantage of the benefits of nuclear propulsion. That ship was the nuclear submarine USS The U.S. Navy, used to traveling long distances to fight its battles, was an early fan of nuclear propulsion. ...
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