An item dated Groton the20th reported that after a trial of fifty hours the US submarine Nautilus returned.(1) The US navy states the first tests were well and she probably this day for the first time would dive depending of completing specified tests and numerous other conditions.
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1. The SSN-571 ordered on 2 August 1951, laid down on 14 June 1952 at the shipyard of the Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut, launched on 21 January 1954, commissioned on 30 September 1954, decommissioned on 3 March 1980 and preserved as museum ship. First ship completing a submerged transit to the North Pole [in 1958].
Note
1. The SSN-571 ordered on 2 August 1951, laid down on 14 June 1952 at the shipyard of the Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut, launched on 21 January 1954, commissioned on 30 September 1954, decommissioned on 3 March 1980 and preserved as museum ship. First ship completing a submerged transit to the North Pole [in 1958].
