- Collection:
- V. & J. Duncan Postcard Collection
- Title:
- N. S. Savannah, in the Savannah River
- Date of Original:
- 1959
- Subject:
- Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.)
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- N. S. Savannah, in the Savannah River Verso: Nuclear Ship Savannah The N. S. Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is the namesake of the famous SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic ocean, in 1819. Home port of the 22,000 ton vessel, is Savannah, Georgia. She is 595-1/2 feet long, has a normal cruising speed of 20 knots, carries 60 passengers, a crew of 110 and about 10,000 tons of dry cargo and cost some $47,000,000. The N. S. Savannah, a joint project of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Maritime Administration of the U. S. Department of Commerce, in her voyages to world ports symbolizes American's peaceful use of the mighty atom. This color postcard depicts the Nuclear Ship Savannah sailing the Savannah River, with the City of Savannah in the background.
- Metadata URL:
- http://savannahga.pastperfectonline.com/photo/4CB1B89D-8A0F-4306-81B3-371194319135
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright has not been assigned to the City of Savannah. All requests for permission to publish or quote from the collections must be submitted in writing to the Research Library & Municipal Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the City of Savannah as owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Original Collection:
- 1121-057, V. & J. Duncan Postcard Collection, City of Savannah Research Library and Municipal Archives
- Holding Institution:
- City of Savannah Municipal Archives
- Rights:
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