August 3 in American History
The world's first nuclear-powered submarine passed beneath the North Pole ice cap, a feat impossible for any prior vessel. It proved nuclear propulsion could keep a sub submerged indefinitely — reshaping naval strategy for the rest of the Cold War.
In 1958: USS Nautilus crosses the North Pole submerged. The world's first nuclear-powered submarine passed beneath the North Pole ice cap, a feat impossible for any prior vessel.
The world's first nuclear-powered submarine passed beneath the North Pole ice cap, a feat impossible for any prior vessel. It proved nuclear propulsion could keep a sub submerged indefinitely — reshaping naval strategy for the rest of the Cold War.
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