S4W reactor

The S4W reactor is a naval reactor plant used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The S4W designation stands for:

S = Submarine platform
4 = Fourth generation core designed by the contractor
W = Westinghouse was the contracted designer

This nuclear reactor plant utilized an S3W reactor in an alternate equipment arrangement.

Two boats of the Skate class were built with S4W reactor plants: USS Swordfish (SSN-579) and USS Seadragon (SSN-584) .

References

^ navysite.de - USS Swordfish (SSN 579)
^ navysite.de - USS Seadragon (SSN 584)
^ CombatIndex.com - Nuclear Attack Submarines

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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