Aug. 4—GROTON — Retired Navy Capt. William A. Gaines, a sonar operator when the USS Nautilus made its 1958 trip to the geographic North Pole, said every crew member on board the nuclear-powered ...

The USS Nautilus was first launched in 1954 and was the first nuclear powered submarine. This week in history, on Feb. 4, 1957, the USS Nautilus recorded a total of 60,000 nautical miles traveled.

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Today’s new-generation military submarines are becoming more sustainable and more powerful, building on the foundation that was laid by pioneers such as USS Nautilus. Celebrated as the world’s first ...

USS Nautilus Submarine Sets the Nuclear Standard – In the late 1940s, then U.S. Navy Captain Hyman G. Rickover was frustrated with the state of affairs in undersea warfare. Submarines in those days ...

GROTON — The Submarine Force Museum, which contains the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear powered submarine, will reopen to visitors Wednesday after shuttering for more than a year during the pandemic.

Today in U.S. 1947 - First Navy all jet squadron (VF-17A) receives its first aircraft (FH). 1948 - USS Putnum (DD-757) evacuates U.N. team from Haifa, Israel and becomes first U.S. Navy ship to fly ...

Matchbook featuring a characterization of the USS Nautlius, the United States' first nuclear powered submarine. Paper metal; 'U.S.S. NAUTILUS/SSN 571/WORLD'S FIRST/NUCLEARPOWERED/SHIP'; red black ...

When the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) surfaced in the Atlantic Ocean following a 96-hour journey under the pole, he said, "as always the sun was shining on Nautilus," and the famous message of "Nautilus 90 ...