The Nation - News from July 7, 1985
Thousands welcomed home the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, the Nautilus, in festivities in Groton, Conn., where the submarine will become part of a national museum. The Nautilus, its atomic core removed in 1980 when it was decommissioned, was towed to Groton from Mare Island Naval Shipyard near San Francisco, a voyage that began last May. The vessel, launched in nearby New London in 1954, will be prepared for a berth as the centerpiece of an $8-million museum and library, opening in April, 1986, dedicated to the history of submarines.
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