Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Commissioned in 1954, the USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. It was the first ship to visit the North ...

Congress authorized the construction of the USS Nautilus in 1951. After 18 months of construction, the submarine launched into the Thames River in 1954. The USS Nautilus would go on to become the ...

Here’s What to Remember: In 1958, the United States government pushed to have a nuclear-powered submarine reach the North Pole, both as a response to the Sputnik satellite launch and to... Here’s What ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Groton — In the 1960s, 82-year-old Navy submarine veteran Bob Kirby was part of the crew of USS Entemedor and remembers hopping on ...

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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, ...

Groton — In the 1960s, 82-year-old Navy submarine veteran Bob Kirby was part of the crew of USS Entemedor and remembers hopping on the USS Nautilus on a regular basis to get to his New London-based ...