Rickover dead at 86.Rickover dead at 86 Admiral Hyman George Rickover Noun 1. Hyman George Rickover - United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986) Hyman Rickover, Rickover , the "father of the U.S. nuclear navy,' died Tuesday at his home in Arlington, Va. He had been ailing from a stroke. The U.S. Naval Academy graduate was born in Makow, Russia on the 27th day of this century. Though he saw sea duty, it was for his role in the development of nuclear power--first with the Manhattan Project Manhattan Project, the wartime effort to design and build the first nuclear weapons (atomic bombs). With the discovery of fission in 1939, it became clear to scientists that certain radioactive materials could be used to make a bomb of unprecented power. U.S. , later for the Navy-- that the feisty perfectionist per·fec·tion·ism n. 1. A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. 2. gained renown. Said Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr., "In his 63 years of service, Admiral Rickover took the concept of nuclear power from an idea to the present reality of more than 150 U.S. naval ships A naval ship is a ship (or sometimes boat, depending on classification) used for combat purposes, commonly by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated from civilian ships by construction and purpose. under nuclear power, with a record of 3,000 ship years of accident-free operation.' |
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