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To: WarriorPoet
"...The US Navy has steam as their motive force on literally every vessel....

Not every Navy vessel, just the nuclear-powered ones, which only make up about 40% of the fleet.

8 posted on 04/08/2024 6:43:52 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

Oops, I stand corrected, there’s stt=ill like a dozen oilers left in service. But I still don’t think the total comes to half the fleet. Th rest run on gas turbines.


9 posted on 04/08/2024 6:53:23 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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Sorry, didn’t realize so many ships have switched to gas turbines. But the point stands—any problems with steam have been solved, and if it is sufficient to use in a fleet that has millions of miles traveled, then it should be considered for smaller vehicles.


12 posted on 04/09/2024 2:48:27 AM PDT by WarriorPoet
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