USS Nautilus (SSN-571)

[The1Capitalist]

my grandfather was part of the first crew on this boat

[freespace2dotcom]

As far as submarine history goes, I'm beginning to think that even the turtle had that white tile on its decking. probably still had to wax it too.

[cutdeamon]

cool ! this sub sank four Jap aircraft carriers in WW2

[bikegirl2]

@cutdeamon wow i didnt know it was capable of time travel, it was made after the war....time travel sub :)

[timebaby3]

@cutdeamon Nautilus SSN 571 wasn't in WW2, it wasn't built until 1954, but there were a couple boats before her called Nautilus

[Fastbikkel]

It depends on the power source, if it was plutonium 238 its not so bad. That gives off alpha radiation that does not even penetrate a piece of paper. That same stuff was used in some deep space probes, it generates considerable heat.

Only when ingested it becomes a hazzard, it settles in your bones and screws up the body.

[kvni1965]

my grampa lu did the electric wiring on the u.s.s. nautilus hes dead now :(

[BlakeKilbourne]

@kvni1965 You ought to be proud of him, too! I'm a Submarine Sailor myself, and we don't talk about many ships nearly as much as the Nautilus - both the sip and her crew are famous! Hooyah!

[Robkat3751]

@BlakeKilbourne you are a submarine sailor and you called the Nautilus a ship? Everyone knows that Submarines are boats.

[BlakeKilbourne]

@Robkat3751 Granted... I'm also a nub.

Not exactly the most salty of guys out there.

Just got used to calling mine (th Ohio) a boat a few weeks ago :)

[LostandFound03]

my grandfather was the cheif of the boat on the nautilus at one point :O he was one of the three men with the key to "The Button" and you needed all three to unlock it

[timebaby3]

@LostandFound03 if by "The Button" you mean the missile launch system, you got the wrong boat, SSN- 571 wasn't fitted to carry missiles or rockets, her only weapons were the 6 torpedo tubes in her bow, after all Nautilus was only a transitional technology, breaching the barrier between diesel boats and modern subs.

[ryanmarsinko]

Even though it's a nuclear submarine, doesn't mean it's radioactive. The reactors have been shut down since it was decommed. Even if it was still running the reactors don't put out enough radioactivity to harm anything.

[salemcripple]

I don't like how everything is behind glass. It makes it feel too much like a damn museum. When i toured the Blue Black. it was all open, We could sit in the the "pilot's" chairs, look through the parascope, sit at the galley. Lay on the bunks, etc. Go where ever we wanted (just don't touch anything, because it was still a submarine, and likewise still works lol)

[cochranexyz]

There are parts of the Nautilus that are still hot.

[salemcripple]

still hot as in radio active? Or still hot as in still functional?

[cochranexyz]

Radioactive.

[salemcripple]

well yeah, i figured that. But those places should be off limits anyway. A thin sheet of glass isn't going to stop radiation i would think.

[taleseduardolima]

Really? I can't believe I went in a radioactive ship, wow!

[Gojira1985]

I beleive USS was the first Nuclear Submarine.......and radiation usually takes...I think 54 years to cool down.....but Icould always be wrong...

[ACLTony]

Wow, for me this is amazing. Back in the 70s, as a kid, I read about her famous voyage. I even put together a scale model of this boat. I'm not mistaken, her sister ship was the USS Seawolf (?) which had a similar body style but the sail/conning tower looked like a chunk of it was missing, by design..

[rkennybranson]

I spent ALOT of hours maintaning this ol' nuk, she was trouble but worth it!

[cravin974]

my favoite part of taking the tour was the civilians saying "this is small but the new submarines have more space" hahahaha ya trying living on one

[Travis7935]

its nothin special I live on subase New London and I gotta stare at it everyday

[rkennybranson]

she did go under the north pole you know!

[SSNsnapshot]

hey I went to BESS there.. I know, but lets not spoil their dreams! :-) better than when I was at p23 in Norfolk! :-)

[missmels]

I've been onboard the USS Batfish in SF and it was creepy. WW2 era submarine.

[Cothius]

What is that music?

[taleseduardolima]

'Medal of Honor: Allied Assault' game sondtrack.

[trulynot]

Could pass for James Bond or Austin Powers

[tehkrause]

i may take a tour soon...i'm leavin this base in like a month so i might as well...

[agochoa]

Man thats alot more room than on the Honolulu. Its pretty roomy for an old boat.

[blottodan]

Fascinating, thanks for the upload.

[taleseduardolima]

Thanks for watching!

[SlushyBump]

Interesting choice of music.

[Jusu]

Reminds me of the 1978 disaster film "Gray Lady Down", where they also used a SSN-571 type sub, modelled just like Nautilus.