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Electric drives are nothing new on submarines in general; the _Gato_ class were diesel-electric, and the French and Chinese apparently prefer nuclear-electric.
by ranger207 2y ago
Electric drives are nothing new on submarines in general; the _Gato_ class were diesel-electric, and the French and Chinese apparently prefer nuclear-electric. But I think this is the US Navy's first nuclear-electric ship
- sgarland 2y agoNah, we’ve had two nuclear-electric boats before: Tullibee and Glenard P. Lipscomb. They just weren’t successful (Tullibee was to some extent, but she was also quite small).