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some nuclear submarines are not steam powered directly, they use electric engines.
by autokad 9y ago
some nuclear submarines are not steam powered directly, they use electric engines.
- bzbarsky 9y agoVery few, if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_electric_propulsion#List_of_IEP_ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_electric_propulsion... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia-class_submarine#Electric_drive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia-class_submarine#Elect... are to be believed. The latter claims that as of 2013 there is exactly one nuclear submarine class (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triomphant-class_submarine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triomphant-class_submarine to be exact) that uses electric engines.