It was the first ship to visit the North Pole and participated in the Cuban missile crisis blockade. Nautilus is now an exhibit at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut. On January 17, ...

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 ...

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USS Nautilus: The U.S. Navy’s First Nuclear Submarine Ever – In July of 1951, Congress authorized the construction of the world’s first-ever nuclear-powered submarine. Only a few years prior, the Navy ...

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 ...