Number 308 • wiNter 2019 PowerAZINE OF E NGINE -P OWERED V ESSELS FROM ShipsTHE S TEAMSHI P H ISTORICAL S OCIETY OF A MERICA NUclear SHIP avannah S H istory of a Future Ship 8 PLUS Atoms For Power: Nuclear Propulsion in SAVANNAH 26 A Pipeline Pipe Dream: Tanker AMERICAN EXPLORER 38 Lives of the Liners: ANDREA DORIA 46 Thanks to All Who Continue to Support SSHSA January 8, 2019 Fleet Admiral ($50,000+) Admiral ($20,000+) Dibner Charitable Trust of Maritime Heritage Program Massachusetts The Family of Helen & Henry Posner Jr. Heritage Harbor Foundation The Estate of Mr. Donald Stoltenberg Ms. Mary L. Payne Benefactor ($10,000+) The Champlin Foundation Mr. Thomas C. Ragan Mr. Douglas Tilden Leader ($1,000+) Mr. Barry Eager Mr. Alexander Melchert Mr. John Spofford Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ferguson Mr. W. 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THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC., (SSHSA) was organized in 1935 as a means of bringing together those amateur and professional NUclear SHIP historians interested in the history and development of steam avannah navigation, past and present, and H istory of a Future Ship incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1950 as a tax-exempt by Terry Tilton.........................8 S education corporation. IN ADDITION TO POWERSHIps, THE PILOT HOUSE ...4 the SSHSA produces other books and Atoms for Power: Q&A WITH publications of marine interest, a STEAMBOAT BILL .....5 Nuclear Propulsion list of which is available online and in Savannah FULL STEAM AHEAD ..7 from the Warwick headquarters. REGIONALS by Terry Tilton............26 SSHSA MEETINGS are normally High Seas ...........53 held annually. Several local Mid-Atlantic..........57 chapters also meet regularly. 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