Posted on Sep 30, 2021
USS Nautilus—world’s first nuclear submarine—is commissioned
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The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the U.S. Navy.
The Nautilus was constructed under the direction of U.S. Navy Captain Hyman G. Rickover, a brilliant Russian-born engineer who joined the U.S. atomic program in 1946. In 1947, he was put in charge of the navy’s nuclear-propulsion program and began work on an atomic submarine. Regarded as a fanatic by his detractors, Rickover succeeded in developing and delivering the world’s first nuclear submarine years ahead of schedule. In 1952, the Nautilus‘ keel was laid by President Harry S. Truman, and on January 21, 1954, first lady Mamie Eisenhower broke a bottle of champagne across its bow as it was launched into the Thames River at Groton, Connecticut. Commissioned on September 30, 1954, it first ran under nuclear power on the morning of January 17, 1955.
The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the U.S. Navy.
The Nautilus was constructed under the direction of U.S. Navy Captain Hyman G. Rickover, a brilliant Russian-born engineer who joined the U.S. atomic program in 1946. In 1947, he was put in charge of the navy’s nuclear-propulsion program and began work on an atomic submarine. Regarded as a fanatic by his detractors, Rickover succeeded in developing and delivering the world’s first nuclear submarine years ahead of schedule. In 1952, the Nautilus‘ keel was laid by President Harry S. Truman, and on January 21, 1954, first lady Mamie Eisenhower broke a bottle of champagne across its bow as it was launched into the Thames River at Groton, Connecticut. Commissioned on September 30, 1954, it first ran under nuclear power on the morning of January 17, 1955.
USS Nautilus—world’s first nuclear submarine—is commissioned
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An amazing feat... I hope I live long enough to see one of these new Sub just contracted to be built...
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The USS Nautilus is on display and open to visitors at the Submarine Museum which is located just outside gate to the Navy Submarine Base in Groton, CT on the Thames River. The museum which is run by the US Navy is very good and well worth visiting. Shown here is the USS Nautilus at its mooring just outside the Navel Submarine Museum and Library. Access it easy and well marked from off Interstate Route 95 in Groton, CT. The opposite side Thames river from the submarine base is the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Been there many times but before the Nautilus was there. Did get go tour her at an open house on the sub base in the late 50s.
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I've been aboard her. Every year our family went to the open house at the New London CT sub base. One year they had the Nautilus and a WWII sub berthed side by side so that we could tour and see the differences. My takeaway as an elementary school kid was space and a lot of places on the Nautilus that were closed off.
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