Common Questions About USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571)
Frequently Asked Questions
No. NAUTILUS is very stable and moves very little.
There is a wide walkway (brow) leading from the pier to the submarine.
No; the stairs are also an addition to make it easier for visitors to enter NAUTILUS.
No; this was added for visitor convenience when NAUTILUS was modified for visitation.
This is the Presidential Unit Commendation. NAUTILUS became the first ship to ever win this coveted award in peacetime by going to the North Pole.
These letters represent awards for excellence that NAUTILUS earned on active duty: *The white E–This is the coveted Battle Efficiency E for excellence in combat readiness. *The red E–This is an award for excellent engineering. *The red A –This is an award for excellence in anti-submarine warfare.
The Navy numbers all its submarines consecutively since the first one, USS HOLLAND (SS-1) commissioned in 1900. NAUTILUS was the 571st submarine built for the U.S. Navy.
No. In converting NAUTILUS for visitation to the public, the Navy made extensive renovations which prevent NAUTILUS form sailing on her own power again.
Twenty-six; from 1954 to 1980.
The Navy decommissioned NAUTILUS in March 1980.