Nautilus is now an exhibit at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut. On January 17, 1955, the USS Nautilus transmitted a historic message: "Underway on nuclear power." As the world's ...

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. Nautilus is ...