Nature has long served as inspiration for cutting-edge engineering—especially in the realm of underwater propulsion.

The USS Nautilus in 1958. Bob Haswell/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Nautilus, which was commissioned in 1954, hosted the first-ever underwater legislative meeting when 13 members of ...

The USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, and it revolutionized the way we navigate the world's oceans, not to mention the way we conduct warfare.

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...

Construction of a nuclear-powered submarine—the first nuclear-powered vessel ever—began in 1951. The submarine, Nautilus, would be powered by a S2W Submarine Thermal Reactor, a pressurized ...

By 1957, USS Nautilus had been in action for 60,000 nautical miles and it received a new nuclear fuel core. Then the USS Nautilus embarked on a mission no diesel sub could manage.

The Nautilus (SSN 571) was commissioned eight months after the launch, on Sept. 30, 1954. On Jan. 17, 1955, Wilkinson sent the historic message, "Underway on nuclear power." ...

A $36 million preservation project is underway to restore USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, based in Groton, Connecticut.

GROTON, Connecticut -- The refurbished USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine and a historic landmark, is reopening Friday with a new look, the Naval History and Heritage ...

Meanwhile, Nautilus (SSN-571) departed without Degnan, and after the crewman’s funeral, he was assigned to USS Skate (SSN-578), the third nuclear submarine, based at State Pier in New London.

Clad in a navy blue cap reading “USS Nautilus,” one of the original crewmen of the world’s first nuclear powered submarine stood at the podium at Rowland Freedom Center in Vacaville on ...

The USS Nautilus was the first vehicle ever to be propelled by atomic power. A seafaring legend, the 320-foot submarine made a pioneering voyage under the polar ice cap in 1957, ...