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Calling it the largest electric ship seems wrong or at least requires extra specificity compared to nuclear aircraft carriers.
by phibz 9mo ago
Calling it the largest electric ship seems wrong or at least requires extra specificity compared to nuclear aircraft carriers.
- jbotz 9mo agoThe propulsion of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers isn't electric... it's driven directly from the steam produced by the reactors. Edit: At least that's the case for US Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. Nuclear submarines apparently come in both types, with electric motors or direct drive steam-turbines, but I guess this ferry is bigger than any of those.
- jcrawfordor 9mo agoThere have been diesel electric surface ships as well going back to WWII, although it hasn't proven a very popular design and they remain an oddity.