todaysdocument: 60 years ago the USS Nautilus-the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine-was launched on January 21, 1954. todaysdocument: After shattering the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of the USS Nautilus, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and others gathered at the Electric Boat Yard of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on January 21, 1954, watched as the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine slipped into the Thames River. The submarine became the first commissioned nuclear-power ship in the U.S. Navy on September 30, 1954. Shown here is stock US Navy footage from the Nautilus' visit to New York City.

todaysdocument: 60 years ago the USS Nautilus-the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine-was launched on January 21, 1954. todaysdocument: After shattering the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of the USS Nautilus, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and others gathered at the Electric Boat Yard of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on January 21, 1954, watched as the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine slipped into the Thames River. The submarine became the first commissioned nuclear-power ship in the U.S. Navy on September 30, 1954. Shown here is stock US Navy footage from the Nautilus' visit to New York City.