Absolutely not - Richard Feynman, though a noted physicist and Nobel laureate who worked on the Manhattan project, was never involved in the development of nuclear propulsion
…systems for the U.S. Navy (or any others for that matter). Sole credit for the original development of nuclear power applications for Naval vessels, particularly submarines, goes to U.S. Naval Engineer Hyman G. Rickover, "Father of the Nuclear Navy". It was Rickover who saw the potential that nuclear power had for Naval applications, and directed its development to produce the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the world's first nuclear powered submarine. Rickover also oversaw the construction of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first commercial pressurized-water reactor nuclear power generating station. His pressurized-water reactor design continues to this day on all Navy nuclear powered vessels, with a U.S. Navy legacy of over 50 years of accident free service. Rickover personally interviewed and approved all Engineer Officers for any nuclear powered vessel in the U.S. Navy; his interviews and methods are legendary, and eccentric. One famous Navy officer who failed Rickover's interview (which effectively ended his Naval career) was former President Jimmy Carter. That little know fact is never mentioned in his official bio's. (MORE) 
