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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (81970)12/18/2000 11:57:31 AM
From: heraclitus  Read Replies (1) of 95453
 
John,

One other point I forgot to mention about Naval plants (as you probably already know). The majority of the plant's output is designed to turn a propeller not generate electrical power. It is true that a ship/boat could backfeed to shore power but the available power would not be substantial.

I was told that on an aircraft carrier like the Big "E", one whole reactor plant was dedicated to operation of the steam catipult for aircraft launch. I do not know if this is true as I was on a sub.

Old sub sailor joke... There are only two types of ships in the Navy, submarines and targets <g>.

regards
homer
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