Administration’s Ship of Fools Foreign Policy » Publications » Family Security Matters: "America's only nuclear-powered commercial ship sits in Baltimore harbor. It hasn't sailed in decades and likely never will again. That's what happens when a president can't make up his mind. The N.S. (Nuclear Ship) Savannah was the flagship project for President Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace program -- a public diplomacy blitz to convince the world that America was more interested in peace than war. America wanted to turn its nuclear power to peaceful purposes, you see, including a new generation of atom-powered merchant ships.
But the president never could decide the exact purpose for building the Savannah. To prove that 'peaceful' atoms were perfectly safe, it would carry passengers as well as freight. That meant carving out room for cabins, and a promenade deck, and a pool."
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