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Atomic Age Goes Beneath the Surface

All Hands Magazine — April 1953

This April 1953 article previews the Navy’s nuclear submarine program as the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was nearing completion at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. The world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, Nautilus would be commissioned in September 1954 and make her first underway run on nuclear power in January 1955, opening a new era in submarine warfare.

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