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The USS Nautilus started as blueprints in July 1951 when Congress approved the world’s first nuclear submarine. President Harry Truman laid the keel at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut on June 14, ...
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum will hold a ceremony May 3 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Lagarto and the 20th anniversary of its discovery. The USS Lagarto ...
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Tuesday will mark 50 years since the USS Midway was called into action on April 29, 1975, when Saigon was falling and U.S. military leaders launched Operation Frequent Wind ...
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1954: Mamie Eisenhower Christening First Atomic SubmarineOn January 21, 1954, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower christened the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), marking the launch of the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. The ceremony took place at the Electric ...
Groton — In the 1960s, 82-year-old Navy submarine veteran Bob Kirby was part of the crew of USS Entemedor ... that the Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, is now a museum.
Nautilus is now an exhibit at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut. On January 17, 1955, the USS Nautilus transmitted a historic message: "Underway on nuclear power." As the world's ...
Commissioned in 1954, the USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. It was the first ship to visit the North Pole and participated in the Cuban missile crisis blockade. Nautilus is ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A famous piece of history is now on display at the USS Midway Museum. An F4U-4 Corsair, a fighter-bomber which mainly flew in World War II and the Korean War ...
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