S4W reactor
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The S4W reactor is a naval reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The S4W designation stands for:
- S = Submarine platform
- 4 = Fourth generation core designed by the contractor
- W = Westinghouse was the contracted designer
This nuclear reactor was a variant of the Submarine Fleet Reactor (SFR) with the horizontal steam generators pioneered in S1W and S2W.
Two boats of the Skate class were built with S4W reactors: USS Swordfish (SSN-579) and USS Seadragon (SSN-584) . During later overhauls, the S4W reactors in both subs were replaced with S5W reactors .
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| United States Naval reactors |
| Aircraft carrier reactors: |
| A1B | A1W | A2W | A3W | A4W |
| Cruiser reactors: |
| C1W |
| Destroyer reactors: |
| D1G | D2G |
| Submarine reactors: |
| S1C | S1G | S1W | S2C | S2G | S2W | S2Wa | S3G | S3W | S4G | S4W | S5G | S5W | S6G | S6W | S7G | S8G | S9G |
| List of United States Naval reactors |
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