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Originally Posted by jimbo4795
I remember reading about an aircraft carrier being used to supply electrical power to a major town on the west coast. This was in the 1930's and the city's main power plant broke and the USS Lexington(CV-3) was sent and served for several weeks as the main power plant. Just think what a nuclear powered ship could do....
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That was the USS Lexington, CV-2, she use her engines to supply power to downtown Tacoma in the 1930s due to a drought made the hydroelectric dam from working effectively. See this article on the topic from a history website.
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Just think what a nuclear powered ship could do
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Isn't that one of the plot points of "The Last Submarine"? That the UBF wanted to use the submarine as a source of power?
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