Maybe long-term, but other US Navy craft have had electric propulsion. I'm thinking of all the diesel-electric subs in WWII...
“Maybe long-term, but other US Navy craft have had electric propulsion. I’m thinking of all the diesel-electric subs in WWII...”
The aircraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington (Built in the 1930’s) used a Diesel Electric propulsion system like a locomotive. Would those count?
Some WWI era battleships had electric propulsion, as well as the USS Saratoga and USS Lexington carriers.