There is a gleam in Chief Robert Russell`s eyes when he speaks of his decision to serve on the submarine Nautilus at the start of its new life as a memorial and museum. ”This is a part of ...

The name was changed to the Submarine Force Museum in 1969 and efforts began to convince the Navy to donate Nautilus to the museum. A new 14,000-square-foot museum was built in 1986 and was ...

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.

USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, has returned to public display after almost a year undergoing a $36 million preservation. Senior Navy leaders, government, veterans and state ...

The Nautilus closed to the public in August 2021 and in October towed up the Thames River to Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., to undergo $36 million in refurbishments, including a wooden ...

Nuclear Submarine Celebrates 50th Anniversary Fifty years ago, the U.S. Navy launched the world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus. Now a floating museum, the vessel shattered all ...