With 116 men on board, the voyage made USS Nautilus the first vessel in the world to travel under the North Pole. Jackson, SSBN-730 (former USS Rhode Island) USS Honolulu, SSN-718 USS Houston, SSN-713 USS Hyman G. In 1958, the submarine embarked on her most secret mission, Operation Sunshine. USS Greeneville, SSN-772 USS Greenling, SSN-614 H USS Hampton, SSN-767 USS Hartford, SSN-768 USS Hawaii, SSN-776 USS Hawkbill, SSN-666 USS Helena, SSN-725 USS Henry M.
"And when they did, my sonar man would hear them and we'd sneak up on them and the world was ours." "Eventually they would have to run their diesel," he tells reporter Susan Perrin. The USS Nautilus, SSN-571, the worlds first nuclear submarine Framed, Prints, Puzzles, Posters, Canvas, Fine Art. Her first commander, 87-year-old retired Vice Admiral Eugene Wilkinson, knew this gave the ship a clear advantage over the era's diesel submarines. With her infinite power supply and ability to make oxygen and purified water from seawater, Nautilus had only one limitation: food. Now a floating library and museum in Groton, Conn., the vessel ultimately changed the nature of naval warfare.įrom the beginning, the submarine proved worthy of her motto, "The First and Finest." Nautilus underwent extensive trials and shattered all submerged speed and distance records. Click on the links below to tour either the USS Springfield, an active Los Angeles-class sub, or the USS Nautilus, the worlds first nuclear submarine. Navy launched the world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus.
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