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List Of United States Naval Reactors
List of United States Naval reactors is a comprehensive annotated list of all naval reactors designed, built, or used by the United States Navy. Reactor designations Each nuclear reactor design is given a three-character designation consisting of a letter representing the type of ship the reactor is intended for, a consecutive generation number, and a letter indicating the reactor's designer. Ship types: * "A" – aircraft carrier * "C" – cruiser * "D" – destroyer * "S" – submarine Contracted designers: * "B" – Bechtel * "C" – Combustion Engineering * "G" – General Electric * "W" – Westinghouse Nuclear reactors of the United States Navy Naval reactors of the United States Navy, listed alphabetically by ship type. Aircraft carrier reactors * A1W reactor ** land-based prototype for USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65); located at Naval Reactors Facility * A2W reactor ** * A3W reactor ** designed for , but never installed * A4W reactor ** s * A1B reactor * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Naval Reactor
United States naval reactors are nuclear reactors used by the United States Navy aboard certain ships to generate the steam used to produce Power (physics), power for Marine nuclear propulsion, propulsion, electric power, catapulting airplanes in aircraft carriers, and a few more minor uses. Such naval nuclear reactors have a complete power plant associated with them. All U.S. Navy submarines and supercarriers built since 1975 are Nuclear power, nuclear-powered by such reactors. There are no commissioned conventional (non-nuclear) submarines or aircraft carriers left in the U.S. Navy, since the last conventional carrier, , was decommissioned in May 2009. The U.S. Navy had nine nuclear-powered cruisers with such reactors also, but they have since been decommissioned. Reactors are designed by a variety of contractors, then developed and tested at one of several government (United States Department of Energy, Department of Energy) owned and prime contractor-operated facilities: Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C1W Reactor
The C1W reactor is a nuclear reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. C1W reactors, like all United States Naval reactors, are pressurized water reactors. The C1W designation stands for: * C = Cruiser platform * 1 = First generation core designed by the contractor * W = Westinghouse was the contracted designer This type of nuclear propulsion plant was used exclusively on the guided missile cruiser, the world's first nuclear-powered cruiser. The C1W was the only nuclear reactor ever explicitly earmarked for a cruiser (two of them, powering two geared turbines) with all subsequent nuclear cruisers powered by "D"-class (or destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...-type) reactors. , commissioned Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S1W Reactor
The S1W reactor was the first prototype naval reactor used by the United States Navy to prove that the technology could be used for electricity generation and propulsion on submarines. The designation of "S1W" stands for * S = Submarine platform * 1 = First generation core designed by the contractor * W = Westinghouse was the contracted designer and is a later Navy designation. During the plant's early years the project name was "Submarine Thermal Reactor" (STR) The land-based nuclear reactor was built at the National Reactor Testing Station, later called Idaho National Engineering Laboratory near Arco, Idaho. The plant was the prototype for the power system of USS ''Nautilus'' (SSN-571), the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, which used the improved S2W reactor. The specific location within the vast Idaho National Laboratory where the S1W prototype was located was the Naval Reactors Facility. Design Under the leadership of Captain (later Admiral) Hyman G. Rickover, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S1G Reactor
The S1G reactor is a naval reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The S1G designation stands for: * S = Submarine platform * 1 = First generation core designed by the contractor * G = General Electric was the contracted designer History This nuclear reactor was constructed by General Electric as a prototype for the USS ''Seawolf'' (SSN-575) submarine. It was a liquid metal cooled reactor using pure sodium to cool the core instead of water, because the higher temperature of liquid sodium (compared to pressurized water) enabled the production of more superheated steam in the steam generators. This resulted in a more efficient thermal cycle, yielding more shaft horsepower for a given reactor size. The reactor design had problems because of limited operating temperature constraints. The major disadvantage of this concept was the ignition of sodium when exposed to air. S1G was used for testing and training. Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor, Connecticut
Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, and was the first English settlement in the state. It lies on the northern border of Connecticut's capital, Hartford. The population of Windsor was 29,492 at the 2020 census. Poquonock is a northern area of Windsor that has its own zip code (06064) for post-office box purposes. Other unincorporated areas in Windsor include Rainbow and Hayden Station in the north, and Wilson and Deerfield in the south. The Day Hill Road area is known as Windsor's Corporate Area, although other centers of business include New England Tradeport, Kennedy Industry Park and Kennedy Business Park, all near Bradley International Airport and the Addison Road Industrial Park. History The coastal areas and riverways were traditional areas of settlement by various American Indian cultures, who had been in the region for thousands of years. They relied on the rivers for fishing, water and transportation. Before European contact, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S1C Reactor
The S1C reactor was a prototype naval reactor designed for the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The S1C designation stands for: * S = Submarine platform * 1 = First generation core designed by the contractor * C = Combustion Engineering (C-E) was the contracted designer History This nuclear reactor was built in Windsor, Connecticut as a prototype for the experimental USS ''Tullibee'' (SSN-597) submarine, though that boat was in fact powered by a S2C reactor. Unusual for a nuclear submarine propulsion plant, steam turbines powered generators, which in turn powered an electric motor. This eliminated the need for reduction gears and their associated underwater noise. The USS ''Tullibee'' was an early advanced-design, fast-attack submarine constructed by Electric Boat and commissioned in 1960. Throughout the Cold War, the S1C Prototype nuclear submarine propulsion plant at the Windsor Site (41°52'44"N 72°43'03"W) supported t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Submarine NR-1
Deep Submergence Vessel ''NR-1'' was a unique United States Navy (USN) nuclear-powered ocean engineering and research submarine, built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics at Groton, Connecticut. ''NR-1'' was launched on 25 January 1969, completed initial sea trials 19 August 1969, and was home-ported at Naval Submarine Base New London. ''NR-1'' was the smallest nuclear submarine ever put into operation. The vessel was casually known as "Nerwin" and was never officially named or commissioned. The U.S. Navy is allocated a specific number of warships by the U.S. Congress, but Admiral Hyman Rickover avoided using one of those allocations for the construction of ''NR-1'' in order to circumvent the oversight that a warship receives from various bureaus. History ''NR-1''s missions included search, object recovery, geological survey, oceanographic research, and installation and maintenance of underwater equipment. ''NR-1'' had the unique capability to remain at one site a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia-class Cruiser
The ''Virginia'' class (also known as the CGN-38 class) were four nuclear-powered, guided-missile cruisers that served in the United States Navy until the mid-to-late 1990s. The double-ended cruisers (with missile armament carried both fore and aft) were commissioned between 1976 and 1980. They were the final class of nuclear-powered cruisers completed and the last ships ordered as Destroyer Leaders under the pre-1975 classification system. The ships had relatively short service lives. As nuclear-powered ships, they were expensive to operate. The class was coming up for their mid-life reactor refuelings when the 1994 Defense Authorization Bill was being formulated, which would effect cuts of 38% to the Navy's budget compared to the 1993 bill. The $300-million-plus cost of each refueling and other upgrades made the class easy targets for decommissioning. Each ship was therefore retired, starting with ''Texas'' in July 1993 and ending with ''Arkansas'' in 1998; all went through th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California-class Cruiser
The ''California'' class was a pair of nuclear-powered guided-missile cruisers operated by the United States Navy between 1974 and 1998. Other than their nuclear power supply and lack of helicopter hangars, ships of the ''California'' class were comparable to other guided-missile cruisers of their era, such as the . The class was built as a follow-up to the nuclear-powered , , and classes. Like all of the nuclear cruisers, which could steam for years between refuelings, the ''California'' class was designed in part to provide high endurance escort for the navy's nuclear aircraft carriers, which were often limited in range due to their conventionally powered escorts continuously needing to be refueled. Overview was the fourth nuclear-powered cruiser in the US Navy; the previous three were , , and . The second ''California''-class cruiser, , was the fifth nuclear-powered cruiser in the US Navy. Other than the four ships of the Soviet Navy's , which were built with a combina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truxtun-class Cruiser
The fifth USS ''Truxtun'' (DLGN-35/CGN-35) was a nuclear powered cruiser in the U.S. Navy. She was launched as a destroyer leader (called a "frigate" at the time) and later reclassified as a cruiser. She was named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822). She was in service from May 1967 to September 1995. Class The USS ''Truxtun'' was a nuclear-powered single-ended guided-missile cruiser (her missile armament was installed only aft, unlike "double-ended" cruisers with missile armament installed both forward and aft), based on a heavily modified version of the . She was the only ship of her class. ''Truxtun'' was the third type of nuclear cruiser (all three were one-ship classes) to operate in the United States Navy, after and , and was powered by the same D2G reactors as ''Bainbridge''. ''Truxtun'' was originally designated as a nuclear-powered guided-missile destroyer leader (DLGN), but in the 1975 cruiser realignment, she was reclassified as a nuclear-powered guided- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bainbridge-class Cruiser
USS ''Bainbridge'' (DLGN-25/CGN-25) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy, the only ship of her class. Named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge, she was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. With her original hull classification symbol of DLGN (nuclear-powered guided missile destroyer leader, called a "frigate" at the time), she was the first nuclear-powered destroyer-type ship in the US Navy, and shared her name with the lead ship of the first US Navy destroyer class, the s. ''Bainbridge'' was re-designated as a guided missile cruiser in 1975. She was commissioned in 1962, and served for over 30 years in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, and Middle East before being decommissioned in 1996. Construction ''Bainbridge'' was designed and built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts. Commissioned in October 1962, she shook down off the East Coast and in the Caribbean area until February 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D2G Reactor
The D2G reactor was a naval reactor used by the United States Navy from 1962 to provide propulsion and electricity generation on warships. Ships powered by the reactor were decommissioned at around the end of the 20th century. The D2G designation stands for: * D = Destroyer platform * 2 = Second generation core designed by the contractor * G = General Electric was the contracted designer History Two of these nuclear reactors were installed on each of the ''Bainbridge'', ''Truxtun'', ''California'', and ''Virginia'' classes of guided missile cruisers. The only nuclear-powered cruiser in the United States Navy not equipped with a D2G reactor was the world's first nuclear cruiser, the USS ''Long Beach'' (CGN-9), which used two C1W reactor The C1W reactor is a nuclear reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. C1W reactors, like all United States Naval reactors, are pressurized water reactors. The C1W designation stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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