S4G reactor

The S4G reactor is a naval reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The S4G designation stands for:

S = Submarine platform
4 = Fourth generation core designed by the contractor
G = General Electric was the contracted designer

This nuclear reactor is the shipboard equivalent of the S3G reactor. It was installed in a dual-configuration on the USS Triton (SSRN-586) with two reactors and two five-blade propellers, which was the first ship to make a submerged circumnavigation of the world.

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United States Naval Reactors

Aircraft carrier	A1W A2W A3W A4W A1B

Cruiser	C1W

Destroyer	D1G D2G

Submarine	S1C S1G S1W S2C S2G S2W S2Wa S3G S3W S4G S4W S5G S5W S6G S6W S7G S8G S9G S1B

List of United States Naval reactors

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