A (Kimi the twelfth lunar month 17), January 21, 1954, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine "Nautilus" was launched.


340-foot-long "Nautilus" in Groton Port In 1954, a Atomic Energy-powered submarine - "parrot Lo "in Connecticut Electric Boat dock into the water. More than 12,000 workers and spectators gathered in the temporary stands watch. (L $ dj��.c��m) president's wife, Mamie Eisenhower after the traditional naming ceremony to open the champagne, sprinkling bow.
340-foot-long submarine cost $ 5,500. The boat can travel around the world without the need for out of the water, because the Atomic Energy engine does not need air. Submarines a top speed of 30 knots, so in addition to the fastest surface ships, the "Nautilus" underwater traveling speed can exceed all boats. launching of
"Nautilus" not only increase in the arsenal of a powerful weapon, but also had a huge impact in the peaceful use of atomic energy, generate power nuclear reactor can act large-scale civilian nuclear power plant prototype.
the submarine will soon begin a series of sea trials activities, is expected to begin in 1955, incorporated into the Fleet. Because of the key role played by Hyman Rickover in the process of the construction of the "Nautilus", he was appointed to a lifetime of Rear Admiral.
aboard the U.S. nuclear submarine into the water five years earlier than the Soviet Union's first nuclear-powered submarine.