Photo, Print, Drawing Nuclear Ship Savannah, Various Ports operated by the U.S. Maritime Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, DC Drawings from Survey HAER DC-64

Title

• Nuclear Ship Savannah, Various Ports operated by the U.S. Maritime Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Names

• Historic American Engineering Record, creator
• New York Shipbuilding Corporation
• State Marine Lines
• American Export Isbrandsten Lines
• U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• Babcock & Wilcox Company
• George G. Sharp, Inc.
• Todd Shipyard Corporation
• General Electric Company (GE)
• Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
• Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
• DeLaval Steam Turbine Company
• Bethlehem Steel Company
• Philadelphia Gear Works
• Sperry Piedmont Company
• U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), sponsor
• Croteau, Todd A., project manager
• Koehler, Erhard, consultant
• Clayton, Brian, historian
• Lee, J. Lawrence, historian
• Croteau, Todd A., photographer
• Bieretz, Renee, photographer
• Lowe, Jet, photographer
• Walker, Ashley T., delineator
• Dowsett, Jonathan, delineator
• Brooks, William Pete, delineator
• McPartland, Mary, transmitter

Created / Published

• Documentation compiled after 1968

Headings

• -  maritime
• -  nuclear power
• -  cargo ships
• -  nuclear reactors
• -  propellers
• -  ships
• -  cargo ships
• -  boat & ship industry
• -  shipping
• -  government vessels
• -  Cold War
• -  District Of Columbia--District Of Columbia--Washington

Notes

• -  The ship was documented in two locations. Dry dock photos were taken in Norfolk, Virginia, and in-water photos were taken while berthed at Canton Marine Terminal in Baltimore, Maryland.
• -  Significance: As stated in the N.S. Savannah National Historic Landmark nomination, the ship is significant as the world's first application of nuclear power to a commercial ship; and as the structure most associated with President Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative. The combination passenger/cargo ship demonstrated to the world the safe and reliable operation of this new technology, resulted in the establishing of a nuclear ship training program for civilian crew members, established procedures for commercial nuclear ships to enter domestic and foreign ports, and identified a series of issues which would require resolution in a second generation of commercial nuclear ships (disputes over crew pay scales, liability, and commercial viability). In addition to its important role in maritime history, Savannah served a unique public relations role as a floating exhibit on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. In recognition of the significance of this vessel, the Savannah has been designated a National Historic Landmark, an International Mechanical Engineering Landmark, and a Nuclear Engineering Landmark.
• -  Survey number: HAER DC-64
• -  Building/structure dates: 1958-1961 Initial Construction
• -  Building/structure dates: 2008 Subsequent Work
• -  National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 82001518

Medium

• Photo(s): 142
• Color Transparencies: 23
• Measured Drawing(s): 31
• Data Page(s): 39
• Photo Caption Page(s): 16

Call Number/Physical Location

• HAER DC-64

Source Collection

• Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Repository

• Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Control Number

• dc1047

Rights Advisory

• No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

Online Format

• image
• pdf