After shattering the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of the U.S.S. NAUTILUS, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and others gathered at the Electric Boat Yard of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on January 21, 1954, watched as the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine slipped into the Thames River. The submarine became the first commissioned nuclear-power ship in the U.S. Navy on September 30, 1954. The NAUTILUS went on to log a record number of hours and shatter many records. The most momentous of her feats, was a four-day trip in 1958 when the NAUTILUS traveled submerged 1830 miles under the Arctic polar ice cap.
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Letter, W.R. Anderson, Commander of the U.S.S. NAUTILUS, to the President:
Letter Cdr. Anderson to DDE 1-20-58
Press Release, message from President to Commander Anderson:
Msg DDE to Anderson 1-17-58
Press Release, exchange of messages between the President and President Fanfani, Italy concerning NAUTILUS and telegram in Italian:
Press Release, Exchange of Messages, Presidents Eisenhower and Fanfani 8-18-58
Telegram Italian President Fanfani to President Eisenhower, 8-13-58
Press Release, message from President Charles de Gaulle, France, to President Eisenhower re NAUTILUS voyage:
Press Release, Message from Charles deGaulle to DDE 8-11-58
Press Release, presentation of award from the President to Commander Anderson and the NAUTILUS crew:
Press Release of Award to Cdr Anderson & the Nautilus crew 8-8-58 Page 1
Press Release of Award to Cdr Anderson & the Nautilus crew 8-8-58 Page 2
Press Release, letter from Commander Anderson to President:
Press Release of Letter Cdr Anderson to DDE 8-8-58
Handwritten letter and envelope of above-mentioned letter from Anderson to the President:
Handwritten Letter, Anderson to DDE & envelope 8-3-58 - envelope
Handwritten Letter, Anderson to DDE & envelope 8-3-58 Page 1
Handwritten Letter, Anderson to DDE & envelope 8-3-58 Page 2
Report, "The Facts on the First Transpolar Voyage from Pacific to Atlantic - USS NAUTILUS":
Report, Facts on the First Transpolar Voyage Page 1
Report, Facts on the First Transpolar Voyage Page 2
Report, Facts on the First Transpolar Voyage Page 3
Report, Facts on the First Transpolar Voyage Page 4
Aide Memoire by Edward Beach relative to the USS NAUTILUS with suggested telegram to the crew:
Aide Memoire Relative to USS Nautilus Feb 4 1957 Page 1
Aide Memoire Relative to USS Nautilus Feb 4 1957 Page 2
Press Release, containing correspondence between Mamie Eisenhower and the Secretary of the Navy:
Press Release of Correspondence of Mamie & Sec of Navy, Aug 53 Page 1
Press Release of Correspondence of Mamie & Sec of Navy, Aug 53 Page 2
Letter, John Jay Hopkins, Chairman and President of General Dynamics Corporation (builder of the USS Nautilus) to Mamie Eisenhower:
Lt. John Hopkins to Mamie Eisenhower, Nov 4, 1953
Invitations to the christening ceremony for the USS NAUTILUS:
Invitation to Christening Ceremony 9-30-53 Page 1
Invitation to Christening Ceremony 9-30-53 Page 2
Official Program by General Dynamics Corp., for the launching of the USS NAUTILUS:
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 1
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 2
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 3
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 4
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 5
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 6
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 7
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 8
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 9
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 10
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 11
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 12
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 13
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 14
Official Program, Launching of Nautilis, 1-21-54 Page 15
Press Release, President Eisenhower's message to Congress concerning nuclear progress:
Msg to Congress re Nuclear Progress, 2-17-54 Page 1
Msg to Congress re Nuclear Progress, 2-17-54 Page 2
Msg to Congress re Nuclear Progress, 2-17-54 Page 3
Msg to Congress re Nuclear Progress, 2-17-54 Page 4
Msg to Congress re Nuclear Progress, 2-17-54 Page 5
Msg to Congress re Nuclear Progress, 2-17-54 Page 6
News Conference, Commander W.R. Anderson, U.S.S. NAUTILUS and White House Press Secretary, James Hagerty:
Newsconferwith AndersonHagertypage1
Newsconferwith AndersonHagertypage2
Newsconferwith AndersonHagertypage3
Newsconferwith AndersonHagertypage4
Newsconferwith AndersonHagertypage5
Newsconferwith AndersonHagertypage6
Newsconferwith AndersonHagertypage7
Newsconferwith AndersonHagertypage8
Newsconferwith AndersonHagertypage9
Memorandum, Fisher Howe to Andrew Goodpaster concerning message from German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer:
Memo, Howe to Goodpaster, 8-15-58
Telegram, transmitting messager from Cherman Chancellor Adenauer to the President concerning the U.S.S. NAUTILUS:
Telegram transmitting message from German Chancellor Adenauer to DDE 8-14-58
Suggested reply, from the President to Chancellor Adenauer:
Draft reply, DDE to Adenauer 8-16-58
"Notes on Talk with Commander Robert Anderson, USN, Skipper of the Nautilus":
Notes on Talk with Cmdr Anderson 7- 2- 58 Page 1
Notes on Talk with Cmdr Anderson 7- 2- 58 Page 2
Biographical sketch, Commander William R. Anderson, U.S. Navy:
Cmdr Anderson Biographical Sketch 8-17-57 Page 1
Cmdr Anderson Biographical Sketch 8-17-57 Page 2
Schedule for the Nautilus Transpolar Cruise:
Schedule for Nautilus Transpolar Cruise
Map of the U.S.S. NAUTILUS voyage under the polar ice pack:
Map of Nautilus Voyage
Photographs christening U.S.S. Nautilus (Photographs by the U.S. Naval Photographic Center)
67-71-29 Christening of Nautilus
Inscription on back of 67-71-29
67-71-30 Christening of Nautilus
Inscription on back of 67-71-30
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