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Nuclear Submarine Model - USS Nautilus
Reg. No: ST 024971
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- Summary:
- The USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. It was developed by a project team led by Admiral Hyman Rickover USN and was launched in January 1954. In 1958 USS Nautilus completed the first voyage under the North Pole. This fullfiled the vision of Australian explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins who had attempted to travel beneath the ice to the North Pole in 1931 using a converted US Navy O-class submarine he named 'Nautilus'. This 1:128 scale cut-away model was purchased by the Museum in 1960.
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | naval vessels, submarines |
| Themes this item is part of: | Arms Collection, Engineering Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | WATER TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Submarines |
| Tertiary Classification: | model submarines |
| Model Scale: | 1:128 |
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