Nautilus to Columbia
70 years of the US Navy’s Nuclear Submarines
James C. Goodall
Osprey Publishing, Kemp House, Chawley Park, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9PH; info@ospreypublishing.com; www.ospreypublishing.com; price £50 (UK), $70 (US)
The commissioning of USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear powered attack submarine, in 1952, was the culmination of a military programme to develop a totally new method of propulsion for submarines, and one that revolutionised the way they would operate in service.
Until the advent of nuclear power, the world’s submarine fleets travelledthe development of USS Nautilus gave the US Navy’s submarines the ability to stay submerged for not just hours or days, but to hide out of harm’s way for weeks or months at a time.
