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United states naval reactors are nuclear reactors used by the united states navy aboard certain ships to generate the steam used to produce power for propulsion electric power catapulting airplanes in aircraft carriers and a few more minor uses such naval nuclear reactors have a complete power plant associated with them. The first types developed were the project 627 nato designated november class with two water cooled reactors the first of which k 3 leninskiy komsomol was underway. The soviet union also developed nuclear submarines.

The first nuclear submarine uss nautilus ssn 571 put to sea in 1955 ss was a traditional designation for us submarines while ssn denoted the first nuclear submarine. The united states launched the first nuclear powered submarine the uss nautilus in 1954 revolutionizing undersea warfare the nautilus s reactor allowed it operate underwater for months at a. The result was a boat with a few advantages compared to its american.

The following year the soviet union began building its own nuclear submarine the project 627 known as the november class by nato. The nautilus s reactor allowed it operate underwater for months at a time compared to the hours or days afforded conventional submarines. The united states launched the first nuclear powered submarine the uss nautilus in 1954 revolutionizing undersea warfare the nautilus s reactor allowed it operate underwater for months at a.

Nuclear propulsion being completely independent of air frees the submarine from the need to surface frequently as is necessary for conventional submarines the large amount of power generated by a nuclear. A nuclear submarine is a submarine powered by a nuclear reactor the performance advantages of nuclear submarines over conventional typically diesel electric submarines are considerable. Navy fast attack nuclear submarine uss texas ssn 775 as crew members perform routine maintenance while underway in the pacific ocean.