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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

NR-1

NR-1 Class Submersible Research Vehicle: Laid down, 10 June 1967 at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 25 January 1969; Delivered to the US Navy and place in service as NR-1, 22 October 1969. NR-1 will be towed to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine to start the inactivation process in December 2009. Following completion process at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the ship will then be transported to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 365 t., Submerged: 393 t.; Length 145'; Beam 12'; Draft 15'; Speed, Surfaced 4.5 kts, Submerged 3.5 kts; Complement 2 officer, 3 enlisted, 2 scientists; Armament, none; Operating Depth, 2,375 feet (724 meters); Propulsion, pressurized-water reactor, single propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
94k	*NR-1* on the launching ways at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 25 January 1969.	US Navy photo courtesy of usssubvetsofwwii.org
110k	The *NR-1* starts her slide down the ways at the Electric Boat yard on 25 January 1969.	US Navy photo courtesy of The American Submarine, by Norman Polmar & submitted by Robert Hurst.
29k	*NR-1*, sliding down the launching ways at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 25 January 1969.	US Navy photo contributed by pweb.netcom.
168k	The man on the right is the contributor's father, Jim McGovern, Senior Lab Technician, Sperry Gyroscope. The photo was probally taken at a Sperry plant on Long Island, New York in the late 1960's. *NR-1*, instrument and control panel.	Photo by Jim McGovern.
16k	*NR-1*, cutout.	Courtesy of jason.org.
56k	*NR-1*, at Port Canaveral, Florida, 1 Feb 1986.	USN photo by JOC Sundberg, courtesy of courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center.
104k	Temporary crew members of the nuclear-powered research submersible *NR-1* pose for a photo on the deck of the boat on 31 July 1987.	U.S. Navy photo # DN-SC-88-05605 by EMC (SS) Richard E. Durst, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
346k	Lt. Cmdr. David Olivier, commanding officer of *NR-1*, the Navy's only nuclear-powered deep submergence research craft, secures the hatch in preparation for diving while cruising off Key Largo, Florida on 19 May 1995.	USN photo # DN-ST-97-00249 by PH1 G. Hurd, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center.
230k	Machinist Mate First Class (MM1) Brett Jabia watches Lt. Cmdr. David Olivier, commanding officer of *NR-1*, the Navy's only nuclear-powered deep submergence research craft, adjust some instruments while cruising off the coast of Key Largo, Florida.	USN photo # DN-ST-97-00254 by PH1 G. Hurd, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center.
106k	Front view of *NR-1's* sail, Groton, 28 July 1996.	Photo by Ken Hart.
224k	*NR-1* open hatchway protected by a portable rain tarp, Groton, 28 July 1996.	Photo by Ken Hart.
130k	Port stern view of *NR-1* (foreground), with Philadelphia (SSN-690) in floating drydock Shippingport (ARDM-4) (background) at Groton, 28 July 1996.	Photo by Ken Hart.
48k	Commemorative post mark on the occassion of *NR-1's* search for the Israeli submarine *Dakar, summer 1997. On the 29th of May 1999, after 31 years, the submarine Dakar* was found in 2,900 meters of water.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
51k	Commemorative post mark on the occassion of *NR-1's* participation in search of ancient Roman shipwrecks, June 1997.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
47k	Commemorative post mark on the occassion of *NR-1's* participation on Artic Circle Crossings. Note that all of the data is classified.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
47k	Commemorative post mark listing the officers and crew of the *NR-1*, Sept 1997.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
415k	A cewmember of the nuclear-powered submarine *NR-1* enters her sail at Naval Submarine Base Groton, Conn., 19 Feb. 2005. Noth the street markers commemorating the submarines Albacore (SS-218) & Amberjack (SS-219) which were lost during WW II.	Photo courtesy of Tom Dougherty.
425k	Stern view of the nuclear-powered submarine *NR-1* docked at Naval Submarine Base Groton, Conn., 19 Feb. 2005.	Photo courtesy of Tom Dougherty.
221k	Nuclear research submarine *NR-1* is towed by Military Sealift Command (MSC) submarine support vessel *MV Carolyn Chouest* as the submarine passes under the Gold Star Bridge and Thames River Draw bridge on 12 Feb. 2007. *NR-1* is scheduled to conduct a visual and acoustic survey of the Flower Garden Banks in the Gulf of Mexico in March 2007.	U.S. Navy photo # N-6020F-321 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Fields, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
207k	U.S. Navy Cmdr. Enrique Panlilio, officer in charge aboard the nuclear research submarine *NR-1, holds an all hands call for the NR-1* crew upon their arrival in Galveston, Texas, 12 Feb. 2007.	U.S. Navy photo # N-6020F-149 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Fields, courtesy of news.navy.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
69k	Crew and guest quarters aboard a cramped *NR-1* for Operation Flower Garden Banks Expedition 2007 on 2 March 2007.	Photo by Steve Ueckert of the Houston Chronicle via chron.con & thesubreport.com.
49k	The office of the *NR-1* is ready for business for Operation Flower Garden Banks Expedition 2007 on 2 March 2007.	Photo by Steve Ueckert of the Houston Chronicle via chron.con & thesubreport.com.
30k	Artist's cutout of the *NR-1* descending to the ocean floor.	Courtesy of fas.org.
449k	Having joined the fleet in 1969, *NR-1* is scheduled to be decommissioned after nearly 40 years of service. She is shown arrivivg at Groton CT. on 23 July 2009 from her last authorized mission, to find the remains of the *Bonhomme Richard*.	U.S. Navy photo # N-8467N-001 by John Narewski, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
663k	Naval Submarine School Silver Dolphins parade the colors during Submarine *NR-1's* inactivation ceremony at the Dealey Center Submarine Base, New London. A one of a kind nuclear powered research vessel, *NR-1* is being retired after almost 40 years of service.	U.S. Navy photo # N-8467N-001 by John Narewski, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
557k	Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, left, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, compares the advantages of serving on *NR-1* to learning to like Lean Cuisine during Submarine *NR-1's* inactivation ceremony at the Dealey Center Submarine Base, New London. Greenert, who served aboard *NR-1*, also spoke about the advantages he gained by serving on the small hand picked crew	U.S. Navy photo # N-8467N-003 by John Narewski, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
72k	Last Day Service coin for the *NR-1*, obverse.	Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves.
62k	Last Day Service coin for the *NR-1*, inverse.	Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves.
92k	A ship the size of two football fields made its way from the ocean into the Piscataqua River on Monday morning, before docking at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The Carter Hall (LSD-50), 609 feet long with 24 officers and 328 enlisted personnel, will be at the shipyard for the next several days, as the 150-foot submarine *NR-1* is placed inside.	Text courtesy of Deborah Mcdermott & seacoastonline.com. via thesubreport.blogspot.com. Photo courtesy of Rich Beauchesne & seacoastonline.com. Photo added 11/06/09.