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USS NAUTILUS SS-571
world’s first nuclear submarine
USS
Nautilus was the world’s very first nuclear submarine.
She could remain submerged for almost unlimited periods
because her atomic engine needed no air and only a very
small quantity of nuclear fuel.
In her
early years of service, the USS Nautilus broke numerous
submarine records. On July 23, 1958, she departed Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, on “Operation Northwest Passage”—the
first crossing of the North Pole by submarine.
There were 116 men aboard for this historic voyage,
including Commander William R. Anderson, 111 officers
and crew, and four civilian scientists. The Nautilus
steamed north through the Bering Strait and did not
surface until it reached Point Barrow, Alaska, in the
Beaufort Sea. On August 1, the submarine left the north
coast of Alaska and dove under the Arctic ice cap. On
August 3, 1958, she accomplishes the historic undersea
voyage to the North Pole. Commander Anderson announced
to his crew: “For the world, our country, and the
Navy—the North Pole.”
The
USS 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.
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 her bow as
she was launched into the Thames River at
Groton, Connecticut. She travelled underwater at speeds
in excess of 20 knots.
The nuclear submarine Nautilus stretched 319 feet and
displaced 3,180 tons--much larger than the
diesel-electric submarines that preceded her. USS
Nautilus is unique in having control levels within her
hull. Unlike older submarines, Nautilus has no conning
tower. Instead, there is an attack center in the upper
level of the Central Operating Compartment. In effect,
the two-level conning tower/control room combination is
moved one level down into the hull.
The
nuclear submarine USS Nautilus was decommissioned on March 3, 1980.
Her career spanned 25 years and almost 500,000 miles. Designated
a National Historic Landmark in 1982, the world’s first
nuclear submarine went on exhibit in 1986 as the
Historic Ship Nautilus at the Submarine Force Museum in
Groton, Connecticut.
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Learn
more about the USS Nautilus here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)
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