Nautilus Class
Submarine: Laid
down, 14 June 1952, at
Electric Boat Co., Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton,
CT.;
Launched, 21 January 1954; Commissioned, USS Nautilus
(SSN-571),
30 September 1954
Arrived
at Mare Island in preparation for Decommissioning on 3 March 1980.
Final Disposition; In May 1985 the boat
was towed back to Groton
for
use as
a Museum, and was opened to the public on 11 April 1986 as a museum
ship.
Nautilus is located at the Historic Ship Nautilus &
Submarine Force Museum, NAVSUBASE, New London, Groton, CT.
Nautilus
is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Ref. No.
79003652, and was designated a National Historic
Landmark on 20
May
1982.
Specifications:
Displacement, Surfaced: 3,533 t., Submerged: 4,092 t.; Length 323' 9";
Beam 27' 8"; Draft 18' 7"; Speed,
Surfaced 22 kts, Submerged 20+
kts;
Armament, 6 21" torpedo tubes forward; Heat source - Nuclear;
Electrical Motor
Propulsion - double propeller. Complement: 11
officers, 100 enlisted. |