USS Nautilus

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USS Nautilus was the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine, renowned for completing the first under-ice transit to the North Pole in 1958.


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instanceOf United States Navy submarine
museum ship
nuclear-powered submarine
armament torpedo tubes
awarded National Historic Landmark status
Navy Unit Commendation
Presidential Unit Citation
beam about 8.5 meters
branch United States Navy Submarine Force
builder Electric Boat Company
General Dynamics Electric Boat
class Nautilus-class submarine
commissioned 1954-09-30
country United States
crewComplement around 100 officers and enlisted
decommissioned 1980-03-03
designatedNationalHistoricLandmark 1982
displacement approximately 3,180 tons surfaced
approximately 3,500 tons submerged
draft about 7.6 meters
expedition Operation Sunshine
homeport Groton, Connecticut
hullNumber SSN-571
laidDown 1952-06-14
launched 1954-01-21
length about 98.7 meters
locationAfterDecommissioning Groton, Connecticut
maximumSpeed over 20 knots submerged
museumLocation Groton, Connecticut
Submarine Force Library and Museum
namedAfter Nautilus (fictional submarine in Jules Verne’s novels)
namesake Nautilus (marine mollusk)
NorthPoleTransitDate 1958-08-03
notableAchievement first operational nuclear-powered submarine
first submarine to complete an under-ice transit to the North Pole
openToPublic yes
operator United States Navy
powerplant S2W nuclear reactor
precededBy conventionally powered submarines of the U.S. Navy
primaryRole attack submarine
propulsion nuclear reactor
steam turbines
route Pacific Ocean to Atlantic Ocean via Arctic under the polar ice cap
serviceEntryEra Cold War
significance demonstrated strategic value of under-ice Arctic transits
pioneered practical naval nuclear propulsion
sponsor Mamie Eisenhower
status museum ship
successor Skipjack-class nuclear submarines

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
North Pole
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