NS Savannah
NS Savannah is an attraction in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is SS John W. Brown, a attraction 1.0 miles away. National Historic Seaport passes 1.5 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship
The story
NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship, launched on July 21, 1959, two years after the Soviet ice-breaker Lenin, the first nuclear-powered civilian vessel. A demonstration project for the potential peacetime uses of nuclear energy, she was built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 million (including a $28.3 million nuclear reactor and fuel core). Savannah was given the new designation "NS" for "Nuclear Ship", replacing the traditional commercial vessel prefix "SS" for "Screw Steamer", and was named after SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. She was funded by United States government agencies as part of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1955 "Atoms for Peace" program, and was in service between 1962 and 1972 as one of only four nuclear-powered cargo ships ever built. Savannah was deactivated in 1971 and after several moves was moored at Pier 13 of the Canton Marine Terminal in Baltimore, Maryland in 2008.
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Wikidata Q1364576, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1959
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the National Historic Seaport
- 3.2 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
- 3.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 4.8 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- Elephant Overlook · 6 mi
- Rappe's Overlook · 9 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 10 mi
- Abandoned Quarry · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tank Hill: 1.2 mi
- Fort McHenry Visitor Center: 1.4 mi
- Dundalk - Patapsco Neck Historical Society and Museum: 1.7 mi
- Baltimore Immigration Museum: 2.3 mi
- CCBC History Exhibit: 2.3 mi
- Cimaglia Park City Farm: 1.3 mi
- Greektown Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Conkling Street Garden: 2.4 mi
- Audubon Pollinator Garden for Native Plants: 2.4 mi
- Therapy Garden: 2.4 mi
- Cimaglia Park at Fort Holabird: 1.3 mi
- Fort Holabird Park: 1.3 mi
- Saint Helena Park: 1.5 mi
- Canton Soccer Park: 1.5 mi
- Canton Waterfront Park: 1.6 mi
- Fort McHenry: 1.3 mi
- Armistead Monument: 1.4 mi
- Historic Canton: 1.5 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Dypski Park: 1.6 mi
- Orpheus with the Awkward Foot: 1.5 mi
- Untitled memorial mural: 1.6 mi
- Pegasus: 2.0 mi
- Frank Zappa: 2.0 mi
- Highlandtown Mosaic: 2.1 mi
- Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership: 2.4 mi
- Fort Carroll Sanctuary: 3.7 mi
- Rosemont Park: 6.5 mi
- African Journey: 6.7 mi
- Wildwood Beach Land Trust: 6.7 mi
- SS John W. Brown: 1.0 mi
- Professor Trash Wheel: 2.0 mi
- Captain Trash Wheel: 2.3 mi
- Butchers Hill Historic District: 2.9 mi
- Church Hospital: 3.2 mi
- Tank Hill: 1.2 mi
- German Hill: 2.5 mi
- Federal Hill: 3.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 6.9 mi
- Bend Hill: 7.5 mi
- Miami Beach: 10.4 mi
- Dog Beach: 11.9 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 14.0 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 14.6 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 15.4 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 5.2 mi
- F: 8.1 mi
- H: 8.1 mi
- G: 8.1 mi
- Avalon Area: 9.3 mi
- Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 11.1 mi
- Old Quarry: 11.2 mi
- Quarry (former): 12.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 12.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 12.5 mi
- Round Falls: 5.9 mi
- failed mill dam: 6.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.6 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 18.8 mi
- Crises Spring: 6.5 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 6.7 mi
- Marble Springs: 11.2 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 3.7 mi
- Daniels: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of NS Savannah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Hill | NNW 335° | 200 m | 15.2 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | NNW 336° | 191 m | 17.3 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 281° | 169 m | 13.1 mi |
| The Bunker | NW 308° | 157 m | 22.4 mi |
| Abell Ridge | NNW 339° | 155 m | 11.4 mi |
| Satyr Hill | N 4° | 151 m | 10.1 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NNE 22° | 149 m | 16.3 mi |
| Cub Hill | N 10° | 147 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/173085505
Day trips start here
- Baltimore/Southeast Baltimore · 1 mi
- Baltimore/East Baltimore · 3 mi
- Baltimore/Fells Point · 3 mi
- Baltimore/Inner Harbor · 3 mi
- Baltimore/South Baltimore · 3 mi
- Central Maryland · 3 mi
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