"...On Aug. 3, 1958, the submarine U.S.S. Nautilus completed the primary objective of Operation Sunshine, becoming the first submarine to reach the geographic North Pole. But what allowed the Nautilus to complete this historic feat was its other — perhaps more famous — contribution to naval lore: It was the first nuclear-powered submarine ever built...."
The article has other interesting facts...such as Verne's Nautilus was battery powered (the Disney version changed it to nuclear power) and that the name came from Robert Fulton's submarine that he made for Napoleon. Luckily for us, both France and England turned him down, so he invented the steam boat instead and changed history.
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