(800) 343-0079 info@ussnautilus.org Learn more at Submarine Force Library & Association! A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. Oct 17, 2018 - My photos of the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, in New London, CT. See more ideas about Nuclear submarine, Submarine, Nautilus.

Learn more now at Submarine Force Library & Museum! The first nuclear sub, the USS Nautilus, christened in 1954, could travel 100,000 kilometers on four kilograms of nuclear fuel.

She was launched 18 months later and commissioned in September 1954. (800) 343-0079 info@ussnautilus.org

She was also the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine and the first submarine to cross the North Pole under the Arctic polar ice pack. USS Nautilus was the first nuclear-powered submarine.

Ship History Nautilus (SSN-571) was the fourth U.S. Navy vessel and second submarine to bear the name. Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut—the same company that had sold the U.S. Navy its first submarine in 1900—laid her keel 14 June 1952. Submarines are also used for marine and freshwater science and for work at depths too great for human divers. USS NAUTILUS was the world’s first nuclear-powered ship and the first vessel to go to the North Pole.

NAUTILUS Begins June 13, 2014 d2msadmin Submarine History On 14 June 1952, the keel of USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571) was laid at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. He has published two audiobooks on Cold War-era submarines, Akula SSN Project 971 Sub Brief and USS Nautilus SSN-571 Sub Brief. The NAUTILUS nearly drags the vessel under water, but the submarine is unaware of the mishap, does not surface and continues to Groton, Conn. USS NAUTILUS is snared in the nets of a fishing vessel off the New Jersey coast, southest of New York, while running at a depth of 150 feet.

Most major navies employ submarines. Now, Aaron manages a small Patreon page and contributes to The War Zone. They were an evolution of the Tang class in everything except their propulsion plants, which were based on the operational prototype USS Nautilus.The four Skate class boats re-introduced stern torpedo tubes. In 1954 the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear powered submarine, was launched.

Nautilus was launched on 21 January 1954 by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower at Groton, Connecticut. USS NAUTILUS was the world’s first nuclear-powered ship and the first vessel to go to the North Pole.


That’s two and half times around Earth. Nuclear power enabled this submarine to become the first true "submersible" - able to operate underwater for an indefinite period of time. The Skate-class submarines were the United States Navy's first production run of nuclear-powered submarines.