List of United States Naval reactors

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List of United States Naval reactors is a comprehensive annotated list of all naval reactors designed, built, or used by the United States Navy.

Contents 1 Reactor designations 2 Nuclear reactors of the United States Navy 2.1 Aircraft carrier reactors 2.2 Cruiser reactors 2.3 Destroyer reactors 2.4 Submarine reactors 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Reactor designations

Each nuclear reactor design is given a three-character designation consisting of a letter representing the type of ship the reactor is intended for, a consecutive generation number, and a letter indicating the reactor's designer.

Ship types:

• "A" - aircraft carrier
• "C" - cruiser
• "D" - destroyer
• "S" - submarine

Contracted designers:

• "B" - Bechtel
• "C" - Combustion Engineering
• "G" - General Electric
• "W" - Westinghouse

[edit] Nuclear reactors of the United States Navy

Naval reactors of the United States Navy, listed alphabetically by ship type.

[edit] Aircraft carrier reactors

• A1B reactor
  • Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, the next generation class of supercarriers
• A1W reactor
  • land-based prototype for USS Enterprise (CVN-65); located at Naval Reactors Facility
• A2W reactor
  • USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
• A3W reactor
  • designed for USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), but never installed
• A4W reactor
  • Nimitz-class aircraft carriers

[edit] Cruiser reactors

• C1W reactor
  • Long Beach class cruiser

[edit] Destroyer reactors

• D1G reactor
  • land-based prototype for Bainbridge class cruiser; located at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
• D2G reactor
  • Bainbridge class cruiser
  • Truxtun class cruiser
  • California class cruiser
  • Virginia class cruiser

[edit] Submarine reactors

• NR-1 reactor
  • one-of-a-kind reactor built for the never-commissioned U.S. Navy vessel NR-1
• S1C reactor
  • land-based prototype for USS Tullibee (SSN-597); located at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
• S1G reactor
  • land-based prototype for USS Seawolf (SSN-575); located at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
• S1W reactor
  • land-based prototype for USS Nautilus (SSN-571); located at Naval Reactors Facility
• S2C reactor
  • USS Tullibee (SSN-597)
• S2G reactor
  • USS Seawolf (SSN-575)
• S2W reactor
  • USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
• S2Wa reactor
  • replacement reactor for USS Seawolf (SSN-575)
• S3G reactor
  • land-based prototype for USS Triton (SSN-586); located at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
• S3W reactor
  • USS Skate (SSN-578)
  • USS Sargo (SSN-583)
  • USS Halibut (SSGN-587)
• S4G reactor
  • USS Triton (SSN-586)
• S4W reactor
  • USS Swordfish (SSN-579)
  • USS Seadragon (SSN-584)
• S5G reactor
  • both a land-based prototype located at Naval Reactors Facility, and USS Narwhal (SSN-671)
• S5W reactor
  • Skipjack class submarine (SSN-585 class)
  • George Washington class submarine (SSBN-598 class)
  • Thresher/Permit class submarine (SSN-593/SSN-594 class)
  • Ethan Allen class submarine (SSBN-608 class)
  • Lafayette class submarine (SSBN-616 class)
  • James Madison class submarine (SSBN-627 class)
  • Benjamin Franklin class submarine (SSBN-640 class)
  • Sturgeon class submarine (SSN-637 class)
  • USS Parche (SSN-683)
  • USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685)
• S6G reactor
  • Los Angeles class submarine (SSN-688 class)
• S6W reactor
  • Seawolf class submarine (SSN-21 class)
• S7G reactor
  • land-based prototype located at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
• S8G reactor
  • Ohio class submarine (SSBN-726 class)
• S9G reactor
  • Virginia class submarine (SSN-774 class)

[edit] See also

• List of nuclear reactors
• Nuclear marine propulsion
• United States Naval reactor

[edit] References

• US Navy Propulsion Systems - Federation of American Scientists
• Nuclear Attack Submarines - CombatIndex.com