# NS Savannah

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ns-savannah/840188>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 13, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ns-savannah/840188 "2019-09-13T20:21:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ns-savannah/840188/1 "2019-09-13T20:21:38Z")

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Re: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3294/why-not-nuclear-powered-cruise-ships/?undefined&undefined](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3294/why-not-nuclear-powered-cruise-ships/?undefined&undefined)

I once worked for the company that engineered the _NS Savannah_. It was part of our logo.

When it was still in mothballs, a couple of my coworkers went on an independent tour of the ship. It was in sad shape, being unused for 30 years.

They’ve since refurbished it, and you can officially tour it in Baltimore.

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ns-savannah/840188/2 "2019-09-15T08:51:54Z")

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And this month I see calls for shipping to abandon bunker oil, and to go even slower than they do now (they already are going slower than they were 20 years ago). Not new ideas apparently (there are already ports that require ships to connect to shore electricity when in port, to reduce air pollution), but the first I’d heard of it.

Sadly, the nuclear industry has imploded, so the chance of nuclear-powered shipping looks even smaller now than it did when that column was written.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ns-savannah/840188/3 "2019-09-16T15:45:41Z")

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Looks like the 50 Years of Victory is still [sailing and taking passengers along.](https://www.quarkexpeditions.com/en/our-ships/50-years-of-victory)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ns-savannah/840188/4 "2019-09-16T19:37:05Z")

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Earlier threads that may be of interest:

[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=860051](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=860051)

> **[Nuclear Powered Wessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480840)**
>
> Apologies if this is Googlable; I couldn’t come up with a set of useful search criteria. And the question is pretty much out of idle curiosity. From the 1950s on for a couple decades or so, there were regular efforts made to use nuclear power for...

> **[Why Aren't Cruise Ships Nuclear Powered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294824)**
>
> With the price of fuel, and the size of these gigantic cruise ships, why are they not nuclear powered in the same way the submarines and aircraft carriers are nuclear powered. The only reason I could consider is a potential security issue, but are...