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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch on left contributed by Mike Smolinski, on right by Christopher J. Pauli.

Nautilus (SSN-571)
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Radio Call Sign: November - Whiskey - Charlie - Lima

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Presidential Unit Citation (Courtesy of Christopher J. Pauli) - National Defense Service Medal

Nautilus Class Submarine: Laid down, 14 June 1952, at Electric Boat Co., Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 21 January 1954; Commissioned, USS Nautilus (SSN-571), 30 September 1954; left Groton in 1979 under her own power and arrived at Mare Island in preparation for Decommissioning on 3 March 1980. Final Disposition; In May 1985 boat was towed back to Groton for use as a Museum, and was opened to the public on 11 April 1986 as a museum ship. Nautilus is located at the Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum, NAVSUBASE, New London, Groton, CT. Nautilus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Ref. No. 79003652, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on 20 May 1982.
Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 3,533 t., Submerged: 4,092 t.; Length 323' 9"; Beam 27' 8"; Draft 18' 7"; Speed, Surfaced 22 kts, Submerged 20+ kts; Complement 105; Armament, 6 21" torpedo tubes forward; Propulsion, nuclear, double propeller.(Courtesy of Ken Hart).

Size	Image Description	Source
351k	Interior space on board the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-Nautilus (SSN-571) moored at the Naval Shipyard on 14 May 1985.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-85-07220, by PHC J. Kristoffersen, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
237k	Interior space on board the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-Nautilus (SSN-571) moored at the Naval Shipyard on 14 May 1985.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-85-07225, by PHC J. Kristoffersen, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
116k	Interior space on board the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-Nautilus (SSN-571) moored at the Naval Shipyard on 14 May 1985. Visible are torpedoes on storage racks.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-85-07252, by PHC J. Kristoffersen, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
227k	Nautilus (SSN-571), being towed by Quapaw (ATF-110), just east of the Golden Gate on 28 May 1985.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
221k	Nautilus (SSN-571) and Quapaw (ATF-110) sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge on 28 May 1985.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
48k	A view through a porthole aboard the large harbor tub Pushmataha (YTB-830) of the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-Nautilus (SSN-571) and large harbor tug Skenandoa (YTB-835) on 28 May 1985.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-85-08402, by PH2 Steve Miller, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
171k	Port bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-Nautilus (SSN-571) being towed through the Gaillard Cut on 21 Jun 1985. Two inshore patrol craft (PCF) escort the submarine.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-85-10151, by PH2 Carl Duvall, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
82k	A bow view of the decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarine Nautilus (SSN-571) being towed through the Gatun Locks on 21 Jun 1985. The *Nautilus* is en route to her original home port at Naval Submarine Base, New London, Conn.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-02317, by PH3 Joan Zopf, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
58k	Aerial starboard quarter view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-Nautilus (SSN-571) as it is towed toward the Atlantic Ocean on 21 Jun 1985. The *Nautilus* is en route to its original home port at Naval Submarine Base, New London, Ct., where it will remain as a memorial at the Submarine Force Library and Museum. A Fast Patrol Craft (PCF) is visible off the port side.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-85-05260, by PH3 Joan Zopf, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
128k	The large harbor tugs Negwagon (YTB-834) assists in the mooring the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-Nautilus (SSN-571) upon its arrival at pier No. 33., 6 Jul 1985. The submarine will remain at the Submarine Force Library and Museum as a memorial.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-85-09408, by PH3 Joan Zopf, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
74k	Commemorative post mark honoring 90 years of Artic Exploration & Nautilus's (SSN-571) 41 year visit to the region.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
86k	Naval Submarine Support Facility's (NSSF) Petty Officer 2nd Class (SS) Larry Alger, below deck, holds the dust cover as two other workers lower the new periscope into the sail of Historic Ship Nautilus (SSN-571), 13 May 2002. The new periscope is just one of several final touches to *Nautilus* as the submarine completes a 10-day finishing period at SUBASE New London following a four-month, approximately $4.7 million overhaul at General Dynamics Electric Boat.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # N-8363H-001, by Nicole Hawley, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
95k	Portrait of ET1(SS) Gregory Migliore, a Nautilus (SSN-571) tour guide stationed at the U.S. Navy Submarine Museum in Groton, Conn. Migliore was featured in All Hands Magazine's Focus on Service section in June 2004. (All Hands, June 2004, pg. 40).	USN photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom, courtesy of Bill Gonyo.