Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower smashed a bottle of champagne across the bow of the USS Nautilus today and launched the world's first atomic-powered submarine into a new era of war or peace.

Of course, nuclear power appeared in U.S. subs long before that, going back as far as 1954, with the introduction of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), but it took some time for the older subs to age out ...

Neither technology by itself was new. The USS Nautilus (SSN-571) – the world's first nuclear-powered submarine – entered service in 1954, while the USS Albacore (AGSS-569) was the first to ...