An item reported that a shipyard at Hamburg, Germany possessed the designs for a 45.000 tons nuclear propelled tanker with a s building costs 70-80 million mark. A group of engineers studied the applications of nuclear energy for ships. American experience was to be used during the actual building.(1)
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1. The only German built nuclear propelled merchant ship was the Otto Hahn, ordered on 27 November 1962, laid down by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany with yard number 1103 on 31 august 1963, launched on 13 June 1964, completed on 1 October, commissioned on 11 October 1968 and as the Liberian-flagged Madre sold to be broken up in 2009. IMO 6416770 and call sign A8GI9. First American nuclear merchant ship was the Savannah, building ordered in 1955, launched by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, USA with yard number 529 on 21 July 1959, completed in December 1961, maiden voyage begun on 20 August 1962 and decommissioned on 10 January 1972. IMO 5314793, cal sign KSAV.
Note
1. The only German built nuclear propelled merchant ship was the Otto Hahn, ordered on 27 November 1962, laid down by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany with yard number 1103 on 31 august 1963, launched on 13 June 1964, completed on 1 October, commissioned on 11 October 1968 and as the Liberian-flagged Madre sold to be broken up in 2009. IMO 6416770 and call sign A8GI9. First American nuclear merchant ship was the Savannah, building ordered in 1955, launched by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, USA with yard number 529 on 21 July 1959, completed in December 1961, maiden voyage begun on 20 August 1962 and decommissioned on 10 January 1972. IMO 5314793, cal sign KSAV.
