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Originally Posted by Torplexed
Got to thinking about the world's first atomic-powered merchant ship, the USS Savannah. After rusting at dockside for years she is being turned into a musuem ship. Too bad the atoms for peace idea was never economically viable.
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Wow, good thing she's being preserved. I looked it up and she's a very stylish (in a 50's retro-futuristic kind of way!) ship.
This fact amused me about the ship though...
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Cost: $46,900,000 ($18,600,000 for the ship, and $28,300,000 for the nuclear plant and fuel)
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Maybe that's why the idea never took off. It sure looks pretty scary on paper
