She was the first president’s wife to ever christen a US Navy submarine. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower broke the customary bottle of champagne on the ship’s bow. Once it was completed, the Navy held a special launch ceremony on January 21, 1954. Building the Nautilus took about a year and a half. Truman visited the Connecticut boatyard to lay the keel, signaling the start of construction. US #3373-77 includes a Los Angeles Class sub named for Hyman G. Rickover, known as “Father of the Nuclear Navy”, oversaw the Nautilus’ planning and construction. In July 1951, Congress approved the creation of a nuclear-powered submarine for the US Navy. Submarines were used widely in both World Wars, but their dependence on diesel fuel limited the amount of time they could be under water. Improvements and advances in technology followed and by the 1900s, most submarines were diesel-powered. Patents for submarines and submersible boats were submitted in the 1700s, and in 1800, Robert Fulton designed a human-powered submarine, also called the Nautilus. US #2838e honors the role of submarines in World War II. On January 21, 1954, the USS Nautilus, the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine, was launched.Īccounts of boats submerging in the water date back to the 1560s, though the first verifiable vessel was designed and built in 1620. Launches First Nuclear Submarine US #BK279 – America’s first preside booklet honoring a century of US Navy submarines.
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