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Savannah was leased out for about 6 years before being retired, due to the way she was laid out. The ship was a showpiece and not really built for profitable commercial service. I could go on and on about design-by-committee, but in the end, more capacious hulls with more standardized rigging won out over the Savannah because they could still move freight cheaper.
Now, if a large hull cargo ship was equipped with a clean nuke powerplant, I think the economics would, at least so far as the actual power is concerned, favor her. The biggest hurdles, I think, would be public and governmental restrictions on which ports they could use, as well as safety considerations.
Savannah, as well as the US naval fleet have enjoyed a very good safety record, however.
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