Information about USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
- Awarded: August 2, 1951
- Keel laid: June 14, 1952
- Launched: January 21, 1954
- Commissioned: September 30, 1954
- Decommissioned: March 3, 1980
- Builder: Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
- Propulsion system: One nuclear reactor
- Propellers: Two
- Length: 324 feet (98.75 meters)
- Beam: 27.8 feet (8.47 meters)
- Draft: 22 feet (6.7 meters)
- Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 3,530 tons;
Submerged: approx. 4,090 tons - Speed: Surfaced: approx. 22 knots;
Submerged: approx. +20 knots - Armament: Six 533 mm torpedo tubes
- Crew: 13 Officers, 105 Enlisted
USS Nautilus launching ceremonies on January 21st 1954 at Groton, Connecticut