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QuoteThe ship that totally failed to change the world
By Tammy Thueringer & Justin Parkinson
Fifty years ago the world's first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship sailed from the US to Europe on a publicity tour to persuade the world to embrace the atomic age. It didn't quite work out like that.
Sleek in shape, painted red and white, its interior decorated in what was then ultra-modern chrome, the NS Savannah wasn't quite like any other cargo ship.
It had facilities for passengers. The 600ft, 12,000-ton ship boasted a cinema, veranda bar and swimming pool. The cabins had no curtains. Instead, "polarised" windows, designed to cut glare, lined the sides of staterooms.
The ship was one of the few to spring directly from the imagination of a US president. In 1953, Dwight Eisenhower had made his famous Atoms for Peace speech, attempting to balance the growing fear of nuclear apocalypse with optimism about the possibility of civilian use of atomic energy.
And he wanted an atomic ship. A civilian one.
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Rest of item here, with some nice pictures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28439159 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28439159)
Yeah, it's a gorgeous ship, and the Association does a good job with its upkeep. One of the few touristy attractions I've given money.
Way before its time.
Was the last time something good came out of baltimore when the colts left?
Quote from: alfred russel on July 25, 2014, 08:10:29 AM
Was the last time something good came out of baltimore when the colts left?
:XD:
Art Schlichter's bookie.
There's a hard working man.
Quote from: alfred russel on July 25, 2014, 08:10:29 AM
Was the last time something good came out of baltimore when the colts left?
Doubtful. Mark Herrmann was on that team.
The Wire, Anna Faris and Frank Zappa (his debut album at least) all came after that ship, so it's hardly the second last.
The Baltimore inner harbor is a really cool place to visit, btw, loved visiting all those historic ships when I was there.
Quote from: celedhring on July 25, 2014, 11:19:22 AM
The Wire, Anna Faris and Frank Zappa (his debut album at least) all came after that ship, so it's hardly the second last.
The Baltimore inner harbor is a really cool place to visit, btw, loved visiting all those historic ships when I was there.
Yep. Plus some of the finest homeless dudes in America roam through there.
Quote from: celedhring on July 25, 2014, 11:19:22 AM
The Wire, Anna Faris and Frank Zappa (his debut album at least) all came after that ship, so it's hardly the second last.
The Baltimore inner harbor is a really cool place to visit, btw, loved visiting all those historic ships when I was there.
I'll assume you got the title as being a compliment to CdM. <_<
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 25, 2014, 07:53:55 AM
Yeah, it's a gorgeous ship, and the Association does a good job with its upkeep. One of the few touristy attractions I've given money.
Way before its time.
Yeah I like futuristic things from a time when more people thought realistically about, well, The Future. :)
Also probably have a soft spot for the ship as it probably appeared in ones childhood books or indeed a couple of school textbooks.
Quote from: mongers on July 25, 2014, 02:50:27 PM
I'll assume you got the title as being a compliment to CdM. <_<
Yes, however uncharacteristic it was.
Quote from: mongers on July 25, 2014, 02:50:27 PM
Quote from: celedhring on July 25, 2014, 11:19:22 AM
The Wire, Anna Faris and Frank Zappa (his debut album at least) all came after that ship, so it's hardly the second last.
The Baltimore inner harbor is a really cool place to visit, btw, loved visiting all those historic ships when I was there.
I'll assume you got the title as being a compliment to CdM. <_<
Title?
Baltimre smells of fish.
Quote from: 11B4V on July 25, 2014, 10:30:03 PM
Baltimre smells of fish.
So does just about any coastal town/city where you're close enough to the water. In my town, when the tide comes in, the whole town gets washed with that fishy smell. Yet another reason I pretty much hibernate in my room here.
You say that as if it was a bad thing.
Barcelona doesn't smell of fish, little buggers died from pollution ages ago. :showoff: