World’s first N-sub on last run
NZPA-Reuter San Francisco The U.S.S. Nautilus, the world’ first nuclear-powered seagoing vessel, sailed out of San Francisco Bay yesterday on its last voyage.
The Nautilus left Mare Island Naval Shipyard on a six-week trip to New London, Connecticut. The Navy plans to put the submarine on permanent display in Groton, Connecticut, where she was commissioned on September 30, 1954, and
which has been her home port for 25 years. The Nautilus was decommissioned in March, 1980. Her propulsion system was defuelled at Mare Island. The Nautilus never fought a battle but she took the
United States several steps beyond the oil-powered submarines of World War 11. The old vessels could stay submerged for only a day, while the Nautilus could remain under the surface for more than two weeks.
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