Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Naval Nuclear Propulsion

Also searchable as CGN, nuclear escorts, nuclear surface ships.

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  1. Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...
    28:11Burke and Rickover's working relationshipNotable Point
  2. Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...
    38:22Enterprise and the value of long program stewardshipNotable Point
  3. Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...
    42:01Task Force One's nuclear endurance and diplomatic signalingNotable Point
  4. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    38:02Spruance turns destroyer size into presenceChapter
  5. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    16:14Small modular reactors for shipsQ&A
  6. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    29:39Why civilian nuclear shipping needs a shore-side industryNotable Point
  7. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:06:51Building a modern nuclear cruiser from destroyer systemsQ&A
  8. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:13:01A fully nuclear Royal Navy after the 1950sQ&A
  9. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:14:54What nuclear propulsion offers a carrier escortQ&A
  10. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:07The industrial and crewing case for British nuclear surface shipsNotable Point
  11. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:18:20The Soviet attraction to nuclear cruisersQ&A
  12. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:57:03When nuclear power makes sense for surface combatantsQ&A
  13. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:59:32How small could a nuclear-powered surface vessel be?Q&A
  14. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    3:30Greenwich prepares officers for each new form of warfareNotable Point
  15. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    56:47Carrier availability and the choice of a successor forceNotable Point
  16. Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast
    22:49Triton's twin-reactor power and speed ambiguityChapter
  17. Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast
    46:31Nuclear submarines become true undersea predatorsChapter
  18. Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast
    1:10:36Sandblast proves the nuclear submarine has come of ageChapter
  19. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    16:39How nuclear power would reshape Queen Elizabeth-class islandsQ&A
  20. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    28:33Nuclear strike cruisers in the 600-ship NavyQ&A
  21. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    31:27Why nuclear-warship refueling still opens the hullQ&A
  22. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    36:25Triton's shakedown becomes Operation SandblastChapter
  23. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    52:53Rising costs reshape the radar-picket submarine forceNotable Point
  24. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    1:10:16Public-source caveats around Triton's reactor dataNotable Point
  25. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    1:15:53Triton's speed, endurance, and uncertain depth limitsChapter
  26. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    1:29:24Specialist submarine lessons beyond radar picketsNotable Point
  27. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    1:34:36Q&A: Triton's cost and the missing programme totalQ&A
  28. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    1:35:32Testing two reactors for high-speed submarine operationsNotable Point
  29. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    1:43:00Secret orders, Polaris research, and submerged presenceChapter
  30. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    57:43Choose propulsion for range, aviation, and politicsChapter
  31. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    12:45A modern 16-inch battleship designQ&A
  32. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    52:57The race for the first nuclear supercarrierQ&A
  33. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    1:52:26Rickover's reactor safety prioritiesNotable Point
  34. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    18:20Why navies wanted repeatable enginesNotable Point
  35. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    0:01Why recent nuclear-cruiser history requires cautionChapter
  36. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    1:53Aegis promised exceptional radar power on a nuclear hullNotable Point
  37. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    9:59The peace dividend changed what counted as too expensiveNotable Point
  38. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    12:45Nine cruisers in five classes followed the nuclear carriersChapter
  39. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    15:24Nuclear escorts made high-speed carrier redeployment credibleChapter
  40. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    27:19Nuclear variants made sense only while the peer threat enduredNotable Point
  41. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    31:46Reactors supported powerful radars and a wider nuclear workforceChapter
  42. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    33:23Double-ended missile layouts squeezed out helicopter facilitiesNotable Point
  43. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    40:58Truxton traded an aft launcher for helicopter facilitiesNotable Point
  44. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    42:20Nuclear cruisers raised the stakes of naval presenceNotable Point
  45. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    44:45California's New Threat Upgrade traded ASW for air defenceChapter
  46. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    56:40CGN-42 failed the emerging acquisition testChapter
  47. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    1:00:29Rickover's priorities shaped the surface nuclear fleetNotable Point
  48. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    1:03:06The strike cruiser offered space for Aegis, helicopters, and VLSNotable Point
  49. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    1:04:07Escort crews provided a reserve of nuclear expertiseNotable Point
  50. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    1:06:04Peer threats determine whether expensive capability looks necessaryChapter
  51. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    1:08:15Pyotr Velikiy carried the nuclear-cruiser story into 2022Notable Point
  52. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    10:44One nuclear escort in each batchNotable Point
  53. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    50:26Truxtun joins Enterprise in nuclear surface operationsChapter
  54. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    56:22A nuclear sister ship isolates the logistics tradeoffNotable Point
  55. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    59:51Truxtun tests nuclear power in anti-submarine warfareNotable Point
  56. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    1:02:04One nuclear escort complicates enemy timingNotable Point
  57. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    1:04:01A nuclear task group trades logistics for global mobilityChapter
  58. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen
    9:02Leahy and Bainbridge design fitChapter
  59. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen
    16:24Power density imposed its own design costsNotable Point
  60. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen
    57:06Bainbridge made Sea Orbit a nuclear status demonstrationChapter
  61. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen
    1:01:17Destroyer-built cruisers became a bridge to nuclear experienceChapter
  62. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    7:24Slow construction exposes the backup roleNotable Point
  63. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    0:01Long Beach as a nuclear cruiser with light-cruiser limitsChapter
  64. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    12:50Nuclear endurance measured in years, not nautical milesNotable Point
  65. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    27:48Operation Sea Orbit assembles an all-nuclear task forceChapter
  66. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    35:22Sea Orbit's route reveals what nuclear power does and does not solveChapter
  67. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    42:44The case for one nuclear escort per nuclear carrierNotable Point
  68. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    49:11Enterprise shows the service life Long Beach did not receiveNotable Point