USS Nautilus (SSN-571)

The vessel

 * Name: USS Nautilus
 * Operator: United States Navy
 * Awarded: 2 August 1951
 * Builder: General Dynamics
 * Laid down: 14 June 1952
 * Launched: 21 January 1954
 * Sponsored by: Mamie Eisenhower
 * Completed: 22 April 1955
 * Commissioned: 30 September 1954
 * Decommissioned: 3 March 1980
 * Struck: 3 March 1980
 * Status: Museum ship

The event
USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was built in the USA by General Dynamics between 1952 and 1955. It was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine, unlike the few earlier Soviet and American test models. The vessel later went on to be the first submarine to complete a submerged transit to the North Pole and the successfully surfacing through the polar ice once it got there on 3 August 1958. It is now a museum ship in the USA.

Outside links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)