Imagine the palpable energy! The USS Nautilus was no ordinary submarine, a marvel of technology commissioned by the United States Navy in 1951. On September 14, 1954, it splashed into the ocean waters, powered by the Submarine Thermal Reactor (STR). A month later, it was officially part of the U.S Navy family. The captain, Commander Eugene 'Dennis' Wilkinson, steered this vessel to make history on August 3, 1958, when the USS Nautilus accomplished the first-ever submerged transit of the North Pole. Today, the USS Nautilus stands as a popular attraction, with approximately 250,000 visitors flocking annually to the Submarine Force Library and Museum. Sharing its name with Jules Verne's 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas' and another USS Nautilus from World War II, this story will captivate you like no other!
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