Nuclear Marine Propulsion

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(1) nuclear marine propulsion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_marine_propulsion
(section 5 History: world's first nuclear submarine was USS Nautilus (SSN-571) [commissioned in 1954 and decommissioned in 1980 +
-powered

(2) The first nuclear submarine of Soviet Union was Leninsky Komsomol (submarine).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leninsky_Komsomol_(submarine)
(section 2  1967 accident)

Note:
(a) Komsomol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komsomol
(1918-1991; English: All-Union Leninist Young Communist League; "Russian [full name]: Всесоюзный ленинский коммунисти́ческий сою́з молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), usually known as Komsomol (Russian: Комсомо́л, a syllabic abbreviation from the Russian kommunisticheskii soyuz molodyozhi)

Russian-English dictionary:
.....................................Romanization ........................................................................................English
* коммунисти́ческий .....kommunisticheskii, where Russian lower-case letter ч is "ch" in English ....communist
http://dictionary.reverso.net/ru ... 1%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9
* сою́з ..........................soyuz ...................................................................................................alliance, union
http://dictionary.reverso.net/ru ... E%D1%8E%CC%81%D0%B7
* молодёжи ..................molodyozhi, where Russian lower-case letter ж is "zh" in English ..............youth

() For Romanization of Russian, see Russian alphabet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_alphabet
(section 1 Alphabet)
() Soyuz (spacecraft)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_(spacecraft)
(Russian: Сою́з [for] Union)

(b) Leninsky
(i) In Russian language, there are many places called
(A) Leninsky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leninsky
(Leninsky (masculine), Leninskaya (feminine), or Leninskoye (neuter) )
or (B) Leninsk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leninsk
(ii) What does "-sky" mean in Russian?
(A) Slavic name suffixes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_name_suffixes
("-ov" is sometimes spelled in English as "-off"/  "-sky" and "-ski" are regional variations -- depending on regions, that is)

Quote: "An example using an occupation is koval or kowal which means blacksmith. It is the root of the names Kowalsky, Kowalchuk, Kowalczyk, Kovalenko, Kovalyov, and Kovalev. All mean 'descendant of a blacksmith.'

* I choose this example, because a former (Jewish) boss of mine in Boston was surnamed Kowall.
* Polish-English dictionary:
Kowal (noun masculine): "smith, blacksmith"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kowal
(B) Eastern Slavic naming custom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs

Quote: "In Russian, these are suffixes -ов (-ov), -ев (-yev) or -ский (-sky) meaning 'belonging to.' For example, Медведев (Medvedev) conveys (but not equal to) belonging to bear, Разумовский (Razumovsky) conveys (but not equal to) belonging to mind etc. Ukrainian and Belorussian languages use a few other suffixes which convey the same sense; generally these are suffixes -ко (-ko), -ук (-uk), and -ич (-ych [regional variations: -ich, -vich, -wicz]). For example, the sense of the surname Писаренко (Pisarenko) conveys (but not equal to) belonging to scribe, Ковальчук (Kovalchuk) - belonging to smith etc.

* Dmitry Medvedev is current prime minister -- and a former president -- of Russia.

(c) Submarines Poorly Made, Problems Are Covered Up, Soviet Navy Captain Says. Associated Press, July 1, 1989.
http://articles.latimes.com/1989 ... -nuclear-submarines

(3) world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
(a) USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)
(commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 2012 [Wikipedia is wrong in stating "scheduled for 2016" in the table; world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier; The only ship of her class)
(i) In contrast, four ships in the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers, commissioned 1961-1968, were all conventionally powered.
(ii) All ten ships of Nimitz-class aircraft carriers (whose lead ship was commissioned in 1975) are nuclear-powered.

(b)
(i) Incidentally, Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrestal-class_aircraft_carrier
(Displacement: 60,000 tons; was the first class of supercarriers, combining high tonnage, deck-edge elevators and an angled deck; CONVENTIONALLY powered; four ships in this class were commissioned 1951-1954)
(ii) James Forrestal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forrestal
(the first United States Secretary of Defense (1947-1949) )

Prior to it, the job title in US was secretary of war (1789-1947).