JOINT CONTRACTOR SELECTION BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS AND RELATED REFERENCE DOCUMENTS FOR FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED PASSENGER-CARGO VESSEL, N.S. SAVANNAH

Official recommendations and related reference documents are presented for the establishment and development of the N.S. Savannah as the first nuclear-powered passenger-cargo vessel. Memoranda establishing the Contractor Selection Board are given, followed by minutes of the subsequent board meeting on October 23, 1957. Also included are: background information considered by the board, such as public laws, funding responsibilities, and bidding information; summaries of shipyard proposals; correspondence from shipyards regarding nuclear ship contract; and further minutes and follow-up actions of later board meetings.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is available for review at the Department of Commerce Library, Main Commerce Building, Washington, D.C., under reference number M-3-JCSB.
• Corporate Authors:

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Atomic Energy Commission

  Washington, DC  United States  20235
• Publication Date: 1957

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 113 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Nuclear powered ships
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00026096
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 14 1973 12:00AM