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USS NAUTILUS
nuclear submarine
USS
Nautilus was the world's first operational
nuclear-powered 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. On 3 August 1958, she
became the first submarine to complete a submerged
transit of the North Pole.
In her
early years of service, the nuclear submarine 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.
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
Nautilus nuclear submarine 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. 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.
The submarine USS Nautilus stretched 319 feet and
displaced 3,180 tons--much larger than the
diesel-electric submarines that preceded her. She
travelled underwater at speeds in excess of 20 knots. USS
Nautilus is unique in having control levels within her
hull. Unlike older submarines, she 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.
After 25
years and almost 500,000 miles, USS Nautilus was decommissioned on March 3, 1980.
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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