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D EDICATION . . . On December 12, 1951, the Navy Department announced that the worId's first nuclear powered submarine would carry the name Nautilus. Her keel was laid by the Hon- orable Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, on June 14, 1952. A year and a half later, January 21, 1954, Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower broke the traditional bottle of champagne on her bow as the ship slid into the Thames River. Nautilus was com- missioned September 3O, 1954. On January 17, 1955, her lines were cast off. Two years later Nautilus re- turned to Electric Boat Division to have her first nu- clear core replaced. Nautilus had captured all re- cords for submerged endurance and speed during this two year period. These records proved but a prelude, however, to Nautilus' most significant achievement-the historic transpolar trip in August, 1958. In charting a new route from Pacific to Atlantic, Nautilus, under Com- mander William R. Anderson, traveled from Hawaii to Europe-8,146 miles in 19 days, nosing under the North Pole at 11:15 p.m. on August 3. After 96 hours and 1,830 miles under the ice Nautilus surfaced near Greenland. Nautilus proceeded to Portland, England, where Ambassador John Hay Whitney presented the ship with the only Presidential Unit Citation ever issued in peacetime. The citation read as follows: For outstanding achievement in completing the first voyage in history across the top of the world, by cruising under the Arctic ice cap from the Bering Strait to the Greenland Sea. During the period 2 July 1958 to 5 August 1958, U.S.S. Nautilus CSS IND 5711, the worId's first atomic powered ship, added to her list of historic achievements by crossing the Arctic Ocean from the Bering Sea to the Greenland Sea, passing submerged beneath the geographic North Pole. This voyage opens the possibility of a new commercial seaway, a Northwest Passage, between the maior oceans of the world. Nuclear powered cargo sub- marines may, in the future, use this route to the ad- vantage of world trade. The skill, professional competence, and courage, of the officers and crew of Nautilus were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States and the pioneering spirit which has al- ways characterized our country. COMMANDER WILLIAM R. ANDERSON, USN, son of David H. Anderson was born on a farm at Baker- ville, Tennessee, on June 17, 1921. In 1942 he grad- uated from the Naval Academy, and was on eleven war patrols in World War II. On June 18, 1957 at Seattle, Washington, Commander Anderson assumed command of Nautilus. After the transpolar voyage Commander Anderson was flown from Iceland to Washington, D. C., where he was presented the Legion of Merit by President Eisenhower at a special White House ceremony. ' ' f - :ff 'i 'J' ,MTM -LC. ': .'
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