USS Nautilus Sub Commemorated in Groton, CT

TheDay.coml: [A ceremony at the Groton Shipyard] commemorated the 60th anniversary of the keel-laying for USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine.

It was on June 14, 1952, that President Harry Truman officiated at the construction milestone for the submarine.

A crowd of about 100 people that gathered Thursday [June 14] at the same spot inside the shipyard, where speakers including Electric Boat president Kevin Poitras described the Nautilus as a vessel that revolutionized naval warfare. The project to install a nuclear reactor inside a sub was guided by Adm. Hyman Rickover, a man considered the father of the nuclear Navy.

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Groton shipyard commemorates 1st nuclear sub

Video: USS Nautilus General Dynamics-Part 1

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO_fjh4DFlU

Video: USS Nautilus General Dynamics-Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tU4jYucP7g

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