Submarine Force Museum to reopen after more than a year
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Groton, Connecticut, August 25 Two of a kind The U.S. Navy s two atomic-powered submarines, the Nautilus, background, and the Seawolf lie side by side at the dock of their builder, the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation. The Nautilus is in for a post-shakedown overhaul. The Seawolf is being fitted-out following her launching last month.AP (Associated Press)Show MoreShow Less
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Ships - Nautilus, U.S.S. (submarine). Takes off - San Francisco: Officers and men are on the forward deck of the USS Nautilus, Navy s first nuclear-powered submarine, as she prepares to depart the San Francisco Bay Area here after giving a demonstration to the press and VIPs. In background is the San Francisco skyline.UPI (United Press International)Show MoreShow Less
Meet USS
Nautilus (SSN-571), the world s first operational nuclear-powered submarine as well as the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole. While the fourth U.S. Navy vessel and a second submarine to bear the name, SSN-571 was also far larger than the Navy s diesel-electric submarines that preceded it.
Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut is known as The Home of the Submarine Force. The facility was the first United States Navy s submarine base and it remains the primary home to Commander Submarine Group 2 (SUBGRU 2) and the Naval Submarine School. All officers and most enlisted submarines are typically stationed at the base, and likely at some point all of them take time to visit a most remarkable submarine that is now maintained as a National Historic Landmark.