Neither technology by itself was new. The USS Nautilus (SSN-571) – the world's first nuclear-powered submarine – entered service in 1954, while the USS Albacore (AGSS-569) was the first to ...

Notably, the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), was constructed by the Electric Boat company in 1954, so it's safe to say, Groton, CT, was and remains at the forefront of U.S ...

In the 1950s, the US Navy introduced the USS Albacore (AGSS-569), a submarine with a streamlined hull design that broke previous underwater speed limits. Then, in 1955, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571 ...

GROTON, Conn. (UP) -- The world's first atomic submarine, the Nautilus, will be turned over to the Navy today in a history making ceremony which will usher in new concepts of warfare at sea.