Posted on 06/14/2012 4:21:27 PM PDT by moonshot925
GROTON, Conn. (AP) _ A Groton shipyard has held a ceremony to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the keel-laying for USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine.
It was on June 14 in 1952 that President Harry Truman officiated at the construction milestone for the submarine at the Electric Boat shipyard.
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I served on-board the USS Dace, ssn-607.
Thanks to you for your service!
thank you, btw, do you know we were dubbed Rickover’s “ni**ers”
I had no idea. That doesn’t sound good.
There is an Submarine Force Museum in Groton and you can go aboard the Nautilus. Well worth the trip.
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I was an Electronics Technician on USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) from 1984 to 1988.
Our boat carried 16 Trident C4 SLBMs with 8 W76 warheads each.
We carried more firepower than has ever been released in the history of war.
Thanks for the memories. I spent a couple of years at Groton Electric Boat doing precom for the USS Boston (SSN-703), now razorblades. The sail is in Buffalo, NY.
It was so neat watching the rings being welded together while the turbines and reactor and such were added. Awesome to see. The shipyard workers cared and there were a lot of them and they were so dedicated.
I can only imagine what it was like when the Nautilus was built. The program was just getting started. I saw Rickover getting on the Dallas on his last sea trials. Awesome memories.
when? one of my best friends was on the Dace around 72-75 Gary Rapalee
Cowabunga !!
Ive been on the Nautilus as a floating museum.
that’s around the time I served.
been there, done that, got the tee shirt.
do you know the history of the Nautilus? It started out as a diesel boat but was converted to nuclear by Rickover.
awesome.
I just stumbled on that looking for a picture of Seadragon SSN 584
I was a navy nuke, and to be honest, hated it. Although they say it builds character.
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