SSN 571 Showcase
With the piers of the Golden Gate bridge in the background, the USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) navigates San Francisco Bay on 26 MAY 1958 preparing for the under-ice attempt on the North Pole.
~ 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
The USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) cruises on the surface en route to initial sea trials on 17 JAN 1955.
~ 1955 (US Navy Offical Photograph)
The USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) on the approach to New York Harbor on 25 AUG 1958, not long after becoming the first watercraft to reach the North Pole.
~ 1958 (USN Arctic Submarine Laboratory)
Spray-swept, and underway on nuclear power, the USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) heads out for initial sea trials, somewhere off the New England coast.
~ January 1955 (National Archives and Records Administration)
The crew of the USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) makes ready for getting underway for her second attempt on her historic transit of the North Pole in Pearl Harbor, HI
~ July 1958 (National Archives and Records Administration)