Could an nuclear powered carrier explode like a nuclear bomb?

[Brolan]

^^^ The current Seawolf (SSN-21, commissioned in 1997) or the mid 20th Century Seawolf (SSN-575, commissioned in 1957)? Because there were two different nuke subs named Seawolf. It was the older one that had the funky liquid sodium cooled reactor.

It was the new one.

 

[Marc]

Nope! Seawolf was a dead end, and due to it's complexity and other issues it was replaced by a water cooled reactor.

A good friend of mine worked on Seawolf but because of all the secrecy he could never tell me about anything he was doing.

Bloody secrecy - stops the techincal geeks learning all the good shit

 

[CuttingEdge100]

Marc,

Different Seawolf. The one they are talking about is SSN-575. The Seawolf you're thinking of is SSN-21

 

[Chaos Descending]

Marc,

Different Seawolf. The one they are talking about is SSN-575. The Seawolf you're thinking of is SSN-21

Your comment seems to be completely irrelevant to both the tone and the content of his.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Being more of a TV geek than a military geek, I see the name "Seawolf" and I can't help thinking of it as the name for an ill-fated aquatic knockoff of Airwolf. Maybe a sister show to Knightboat -- "The crime-solving boat!" (There's always a canal....)

I always think about the Sea Tiger, the pink sub from Operation Petticoat.