It was the first ship to visit the North Pole and participated in the Cuban missile crisis blockade. Nautilus is now an exhibit at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut. On January 17, ...

GROTON, Conn. | If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be a submariner and dive deep below the ocean surface you can do just that at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton. There you can see ...

Sept. 30 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1630, John Billington, one of the first pilgrims to land in America, was hanged for murder -- the first European criminal executed in the American colonies ...

Sept. 30 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1630, John Billington, one of the first pilgrims to land in America, was hanged for murder -- the first European criminal executed in the American colonies ...

Here’s What to Remember: In 1958, the United States government pushed to have a nuclear-powered submarine reach the North Pole, both as a response to the Sputnik satellite launch and to... Here’s What ...

Q. Who built the nuclear reactor for the first atomic submarine, Nautilus? A. Chattanooga's Combustion Engineering built the reactor for Nautilus, which became active in 1955. Combustion, with more ...

The drive to explore is one of the most potent human urges. Finding out what's just around the next bend has been a prerogative of humanity since the earliest hunters and gatherers. As long as there ...

The U.S. Navy’s newest Virginia-class submarine, the future USS Idaho, is scheduled to be christened and formally named at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard ...

The USS Idaho crew and Electric Boat employees pose for a photo with the future USS Idaho SSN 799 in October. The USS Idaho is four stories tall, four stories wide and 377 feet long. The nuclear ...