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Limits RegistryUSS Nautilus, commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1954, was the first nuclear-powered submarine — able to remain submerged for weeks at a time rather than the hours or days limited by earlier diesel-electric submarines' battery capacity, and in 1958 became the first vessel to cross the North Pole while submerged.
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USS Nautilus, commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1954, was the first nuclear-powered submarine — able to remain submerged for weeks at a time rather than the hours or days limited by earlier diesel-electric submarines' battery capacity, and in 1958 became the first vessel to cross the North Pole while submerged.
The year the first nuclear-powered submarine was commissioned into naval service.
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Limits Registry. LR-FIRST-NUCLEAR-SUBMARINE. First nuclear-powered submarine. 2026.