3/4 port beam of USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), [first atomic powered sub], entering New York Harbor – Antique Print
![3/4 port beam of USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), [first atomic powered sub], entering New York Harbor, 1956 May. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/88/8811b8579e66-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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3/4 port beam of USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), [first atomic powered sub], entering New York Harbor comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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3/4 port beam of USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), [first atomic powered sub], entering New York Harbor
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Steaming toward New York Harbor in May 1956, the submarine Nautilus was the first vessel of her kind, powered by a nuclear reactor instead of diesel engines. The Navy commissioned her in September 1954 after she was built at Groton, Connecticut, and her reactor allowed long stretches submerged that conventional submarines could not match. Shown in this three-quarter port view, her hull and sail reveal the low, streamlined profile that set her apart from earlier boats. The Navy photoprint, held in the Granik Collection, captures a time when atomic power was still a new symbol of American technology.
| Created / published | 1956 May. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by the U.S. Navy. No. USN 674354. Granik Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships; Atomic energy; Submarines; Geogr. Unprocessed, Access. no. 225-75. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,224 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156884 |
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