The United States Navy celebrated its 250th anniversary on Oct. 13, 2025, marking the establishment of the Continental Navy by the Second Continental Congress in 1775. This milestone was commemorated ...

On June 19, 1958, at the height of the Cold War, nuclear submarine U.S.S. Nautilus (SSN-571) sailed into the Chukchi Sea bounded by two points of Alaska. The crew were under top-secret orders to be ...

The USS Nautilus (SSN-571) It’s 1958, and it’s been over a year since the Soviets launched Sputnik. American needed to respond, and it needed it fast. Enter USS Nautilus, a nuclear sub that changed ...

The Navy has been procuring Virginia-class nuclear powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998. The Navy’s envisaged successor to the Virginia-class design is the Next-Generation Attack Submarine, ...

Robert Fred Holst, 82, of Wilmington, DE, passed peacefully on Dec. 22, 2024. Born Nov. 10, 1942, in Newark, NJ, to the late George F. and Irma R. Holst, he grew up in Brick, NJ, and graduated from ...

GROTON, Conn. -- Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower smashed a bottle of champagne across the bow of the USS Nautilus today and launched the world's first atomic-powered submarine into a new era of war or peace ...

Sep. 30—GROTON — About 2,500 sailors served aboard the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) during its service life, from its commissioning and historic journey to the North Pole, to its Cold War missions and last ...