SSN 571 Timeline
Date Event Category
02 AUG 1951 Nautilus Contract Awarded SSN-571 Events
14 JUN 1952 Nautilus Keel Laid SSN-571 Events
27 JUL 1953 Korean War Armistice World Events
31 JUL 1954 USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) Homeport Established at Groton, CT SSN-571 Homeports
30 SEP 1954 USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) Commissioning SSN-571 Events
01 FEB 1955 Ship Restricted Availability (SRA) - USS West
Milton (ARD 7) - New London, CT		 SSN-571 Events
11 FEB 1955 Underway - SUBASENLON CT to Electric Boat Division Wetdocks SSN-571 Events
11 FEB 1955 Undocking - USS West Milton (ARD 7) - New London, CT SSN-571 Events
25 FEB 1955 Builders Sea Trials - Underway periodically from from Electric Boat SSN-571 Events
25 FEB 1955 Underway from Electric Boat Division Wetdocks for Builders Sea Trials SSN-571 Events
22 NOV 1963 Assassination of President John F.Kennedy World Events
20 JUL 1969 US Lands Men on the Moon World Events
09 AUG 1974 President Richard M. Nixon Resigns World Events
17 JUL 1975 Apollo-Soyuz: US-Soviet Handshake in Space World Events
16 AUG 1977 Death of Elvis Presley World Events
28 MAR 1979 Three Mile Island Accident World Events
04 NOV 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis World Events
03 MAR 1980 USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) Decommissioning SSN-571 Events
08 DEC 1980 John Lennon Murdered World Events
20 JAN 1981 Iranian Hostage Crisis Ends World Events
20 MAY 1982 Nautilus Designated Museum Ship SSN-571 Events
25 OCT 1983 Invasion of Grenada World Events
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