
Model of the N.S. "Savannah" (1959)
- Made:
- 1958-1965 in Camden and United States




Model, scale 1:192, of the nuclear-powered merchant steamer the N.S. "Savannah" (1959), with shelter deck, wire-rigging and American flag in plastic exhibition case, probably constructed by the New York Ship Building Corporation, United States, 1958-1965
Whole model of NS 'Savannah', 1959. Scale 1:192
The Nuclear Ship Savannah was the first of only four nuclear-powered cargo ships ever built. A nuclear reactor on board heated water to produce steam, which turned a turbine. Though this ship ran as an experimental vessel from 1959-1971, she was in commercial cargo service between 1965 and 1970.
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1965-459/1
- Materials:
- acrylic, aluminium, copper wire, incomplete, metal (unknown), paint, silk and wood (unknown)
- type:
- nuclear power
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- vehicle - transportation
- furnishing and equipment
- vehicle - transportation
- watercraft
- merchant vessel
- furnishing and equipment
- vehicle - transportation
- watercraft
- credit:
- Lent by the United States Embassy, London