Again, it is an original, and in the original cardboard holder addressed to folks who worked on the program. The medal is part of a unique lot which were addressed to workers and dignitaries who were to attend the launching ceremony of the USS Nautilus Submarine SSN-571. ![]() The holders are unique as they were personally addressed, and the green cardboard holder's "wording" is also addressed to people who actually worked on the USS Nautilus program. This person was in a position which allowed her to keep the remaining medals leftover from the actual 1954 Launching Ceremony. These authentic time period medals were procured directly from a family member related to a person who worked at the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation. Again, the medals themselves are in mint condition. It will have a personally addressed name on the green background from the actual 1954 launching ceremony. The one shown is an example-you will receive one of the original medals leftover from the actual ceremony similar to the one in the pictures. This medal/coin is 1 1/2 inches in diameter. She returned to New London in December 1968ġ970 she continues in operations as a unit of the 2nd Fleet.Condition: UN-circulated, and is mint-still in original packaging prepared for ceremony in 1954. Which she conducted exercises off the southeastern seaboard. Special operations for ComSubLant and then in August 1967 For the next year and a quarter she conducted Returned to her homeport to resume operations with the Atlantic Fleet. On her return she joined in fleetĮxercises until entering the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for Until she headed east again for a two month Mediterranean tour in August 1963. Reresher training and on 24 October she departed New Londonįor her first deployment with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Of the year she operated from her homeport Then set a westerly course which put her into the Thames She received the Presidential Unit Citation Having completed the first successful voyage (EDST) she became the first ship to reach the geographic The Barrow Sea Valley 1 August and on 3 August " as she departed the latter port 9 June. She began her history making Polar transit On 25 April 1958 she was underway again for the West ![]() To participate in NATO exercises and conduct a tour of variousīritish and French ports where she was inspected by defense Nautilus returned to New London 21 July and departed Which acquainted units of the Pacific Fleet with the capabilities of nuclear submarines. May she departed for the Pacific Coast to participate in Namesake in Jules Verne's 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea. Mile to bring to reality the achievements of her fictitious Proved ineffective against a vessel which did not need Which helped defeat submarines in the Atlantie during World Submerged mobility having virtually wiped out progress inĪnti-submarine warfare techniques. She investigated the effects of the radically She remained submerged whileĪnd at the highest sustained submerged speed ever recordedįor a period of over one hour's duration. On nuclear power." Trials followed and on 10 May Nautilus Her lines were cast off and she was "underway Eisenhowerįollowing commissioning Nautilus remained at docksideįor further construction and testing until 17 January 1955.
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