USS Nautilus: The First Nuclear Powered Submarine
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Simon please tell us on today I found out what the hell the difference between nautical miles and normal miles are and why. Thx Mr bblaze
The most famous phrase underway on nuclear power
There was a Nautilus class (two) in world war 2
The WW2 Nautilus had an impressive record...
@@marcbeebee6969 A statue mile is 5280 feet; it is used only for “on-land” measurements. A nautical mile is 6076 feet; used to measure sea, air and space. Historically it was was defined as a meridian arc to travel one degree latitude. Note: MPH is associated with the statue mile; a knot is associated with nautical miles per hour
Speaking about Nautilus without speaking about Hyman Rickover is non-sense !
I served on Nautilus for the last two years of her life and decomissioned her. I was standing watch on the ship the night they removed the core. It was an interesting process to watch. The problem with being a ground-breaking first of a type is that one doesn't know what they got right and didn't. Well you learn over time and the designers and builders of nuclear submarines to follow did just that. I remember laughing at the Los Angeles class boats with their big bulbous bow and only one water-tight bulkhead (shudder). To me having more water-tight bulkheads (at least 4) made much more sense! I was wrong of course, and I admit that it may have been a bit of jealousy on my part as well. I look today at the Virginia class and just marvel at their equipment. Nautilus started all of that. I am proud to have been one of the very few men (approximately 3,300 over her lifetime) to serve on her. I don't hold it personally that the cantankerous old lady she was, tried her best to kill every crew that served on her. Instead I remember her fondly, and every time I have visited the museum, it has been a deeply emotional experience. I see snippets of memories in every corner I look. I remember the faces and laughter of men no longer with us. We were young. We were alive. We served on the King boat and no one could touch us.
My Uncle, served on the Nautilus at the same time, his name is Howard Uhal. I got my fascination of subs from him.
Thank you for your service .
Fantastic. Thank you for sharing. And your service.
Good man
@@davidcarter7645 So did my uncle Captain Isadore James Schwartz, USN Ret. Also known as Izzy the terrible to his men. He was strict.
Admiral Hyman Rickover once wrote that he was often asked about what was the most difficult part about building the Nautilus. He said it surprises most people when he tells them that it wasn't putting a nuclear reactor into a submarine. He said the real challenge was getting the authorization to build it in the first place. He said that at the time most people were comfortable with diesel-electric submarines and they saw no reason to do anything different. Rickover said that he realized the obvious advantages right away but it took him two years of testifying at hearings and giving speeches to finally convince enough people to change their minds and then authorize and fund the building of the Nautilus.
Really surprised that they didn't mention Admiral Rickover and how instrumental he was in having this submarine built in the first place
I never thought anyone could make a video about USS Nautilus, and forget to mention Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. He might be worth a Biographics video someday.
Every nukes' heart would leap with joy from the dinq-est of nubs to the saltiest of Chiefs.
No Rickover? I'm not watching it then.
I was surprised at this omission as well. He was the one person most responsible for nuclear-powered naval vessels. A very odd omission given the usually thorough information given in this video series.
Also, only one mention of Westinghouse, and they were the prime contractor and manufacturer of the nuclear parts.
Seriously
Need to do a Biographic on Hyman Rickover, fascinating character in US naval history.
One of my older brothers used to deal with him as he was in change of QA at UNC ( United Nuclear Corp) where they made the fuel rods.
yes, that'd be a great one for biographics.
This sub would never have been designed let alone built without his efforts....and defying orders
I’ve heard lots of stories about him such as firing a JO for salting his meal before Rickover did (he didn’t follow procedure), advancing the rank of his temporary valet when he gave an honest answer of “I don’t know” after 3 days after being ordered to tell him the type of grass was on the base, and making my former skipper do a cheer during his submarine officer review (the skipper was a USNA cheerleader).
@@brentgranger7856 My brother thought he was a pain in the ass. My brother was very meticulous ensuring quality but Rickover questioned everything in a derogatory way. One day my brother said screw it and quit his good job and moved out of state.
@@brentgranger7856 Don't forget the special interview chair which had a part of the front legs sawn off so that the officer in the chair would constantly feel like he was sliding out of his chair.
One of the residents in my skilled nursing facility was the captain of the USS Nautilis
He told me a story about his part of the Cuban missile crisis
He was on station near Cuba during the height of the crisis when he received a call from President Kennedy, who told him: “get the hell away (from Cuba).
Apparently he didn’t care where he went as long as it was away from Cuba
Cheers
Something tells me that was a classified conversation he had with the president as the submarine service is usually called the silent service.. 1. Because you have to be silent when under way as sound travels REEEAAAALLLY well underwater, and 2. Because every mission they perform is top secret
I’m assuming that captain has some mental problems and shouldn’t have told you that, you should probably delete this comment lol
@@cameronsienkiewicz6364given the length of time that has elapsed there is a good chance all of that became declassified
@@cameronsienkiewicz6364probably, but at this point it’s just a fun anecdote.
I was surprised not hear about Admiral Hyman Rickover who ramrodded the sub through Congress and the Navy. He was a hell of an engineer with a vast vision of the future of nuclear power at sea.
And if the sub nukes ever fly, his name will be cursed forever.
@@crhu319 The point of the sub nukes is to prevent that. Stalin would have definitely used nukes but for deterrence.
Megaprojects suggestion: General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT (rhymes with rotten as the natives say it btw). The company was started in 1899 for the purpose of building a John P Holland’s submarine design and has been the primary submarine builder for the US Navy ever since having created hundreds if not thousands of vessels. Between the two world wars alone Electric Boat built 159 subs, 118 Liberty Ships, 398 PT boats, 722 submarine chasers and that’s just dipping a toe into this place; it’s beyond a powerhouse.
I live in Groton CT . I pass Electric Boat and the Sub Base many times . Sub school is here too for obvious reasons. I have many friends that work there. They do more than boats and ships. They do allot of secret stuff too. They also fire off fire works every year there for a thing called "Sail Fest" where ships from around the world from across history gather for the public to see and a huge week long celebration is in the town across the way in New London CT and both sides have yelling contests at night to see what side is the loudest. The radio stations sync up and you can hear thousands of people screaming New London and Groton as loud as can be. Very festive and Patriotic and also CT States Largest fire works display. Mystc CT isn't far ether and they have historic ships from Columbus days over there and religious monks on an Island that is illegal to go too for there privacy but can see them from the ocean if you go out and sail around it. New London is also where the US Coast Guard Academy is as well.
I used to work there. It's a pretty wild place, the main assembly building is absolutely enormous. I worked on both the Virginia and Jimmy Carter there. My grandmother's old house is just up the hill from the yard too.
@@jaredkennedy6576 I used to pick up all the money from all the vendors in EB. I've walked around that whole darn place. Agreed ITS MASSIVE. So you've seen the fireworks show durring sale fest then right ? Fricken AWESOME
I grew up in Rotten Groton, and I was there the day Nautilus was decommissioned, I was in the Sea Cadet Color Guard. my mother worked in the Electric Boat mail room, and my dad was out to sea on one of the Polaris Class Boomers at the time (if memory serves)
I was attached to a New Construction boat at EB in Groton (Rotten Groton we called it, it rhymed, NOT Growton) in 1965 and 1966. On our commissioning day we had the honor of being hit by Nautilus. The oldest Nuc sub in the world hit the Newest Nuc sub in the world. She got a big crease in her port side and we got a trip to dry dock to have our dunce cap replaced. Our skipper was the weapons officer on Nautilus and commissioned her and rode her under the pole.
The chief of the boat on my first sub had served on the Nautilus. He had a great many stories of their adventures. Little did I know at the time, we would have some of our own...
H.G. Rickover designed the power plant for the Nautilus and was the singular champion of a nuclear powered navy. Rickover's story by itself is nothing short of incredible.
Now that you’ve done the first nuclear submarine, you should do the first nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, CVAN/CVN-65.
What might also be interesting is the second US nuclear submarine; the USS Seawolf. It was the only Liquid Metal, Fast Reactor ever put in a submarine. In addition to its own reasons of interest, is the growing interest now of Liquid Salt reactors as an alternative to the pressurized water designs.
Russian built some too ! Very interesting things !
I hope one day they'll make an episode on MSRE !
Am I missing something? The Soviets did build liquid metal reactors - most notably the lead/bismuth-type in the Lyra (Alfa) class. Check out the K-64 incident sometime.
@@brentgranger7856 You want perhaps that I add a third "US" in that single sentence?
Boy were those reactors troublesome though, she spent a lot of time in port because of them.
@@janetizzy6741 The US spacecraft Mercury was launched from Cape Canaveral, US, making Alan Shepard the first man in space. There - I also omitted the 3rd "US"
Simon! You didn't mention the man, the myth, the legend... Admiral Hyman G Rickover! You should certainly look into doing a Biographics on him. He is quite the interesting character...
A Jewish admiral!!!
@@drcthru7672 >>> Kosher...😊
Simon you are quite the trailblazer. Who else has had 1 million different channels?
I'm working on the big 1 million.
@@megaprojects9649 1 million channels with 1 million subs each
I didn’t serve on the Nautilus but I worked on her, specifically the reactor room (~1977). The Nautilus was radioactively very hot. Modern boats are much less.
My impression was that compared to the Los Angeles class, the interior was pretty spacious and relatively comfortable for the crew. After all, it was literally a show boat along with all of the technology.
When she reached the pole the Nautilus sent the now famous radio message, "Nautilus 90 North." From that point, every direction she could sail, was due South.
That's not exactly true. She couldn't communicate under the ice. She sent the message much further down the line.
During WW2 the first USS Nautilus played a pretty important role during the Battle of Midway, while the boat didn't do any damage to the Japanese fleet it did force a destroyer (Arashi) to stay behind, later in the battle that destroyer lead American dive bombers to the Japanese fleet (the dive bombers ended up sinking 3 Japanese Fleet Carries during that attack, and a 4th one was sunk later on in the battle)
Wasn't the Nautilus built 10 years after the war ended? I think you're thinking of another ship
Fun fact: USS George Washington was originally a Skipjack class submarine hull where they cut it in half, then inserted the missile compartment.
the 5th patrol the G.W. made my father was on. one of his chiefs told him that they were pretty sure the welds were going to hold... this time.
I'm from Groton, CT where she's at. Always weird and nice to hear things bout back home
I’m just up river from you and was amazed to see a story done on something so close to home.
I'm from Groton UK, we don't have submarines unfortunately
@@ollu312 that’s a damn shame. Submarines are pretty cool.
I've been to the Nautilus, and I'm planning on going back, I'm visiting all the museum warships in the Northeast this summer from the constitution in Boston to the Battleship New Jersey in New Jersey, the Nautilus is on the list, its a great museum.
Edit: just another story I remember, I used to fly small planes and I liked flying to Groton CT cause you'd come in over the Thames (not that Thames river, the one in CT) and over the sub museum, one time I saw an LA class nuclear sub chugging along heading upriver right by the Nautilus, it was a cool sight of the OG and modern stuff.
Edit 2 electric boat companyyloo: Visited again, the Nautilus is there and is cool, but they don't have the diesel electric sub they used to have next to it. I kind of wish the tour had more of the boat, that's one thing I like about a lot of bigger museum ships is they tend to let you in a lot of spaces, but I suppose even deactivated they probably don't want to show anything close to the reactor to the public. The period of interpretation seems to be the 1958 north pole mission. The museum next to the boat is great too, lots of cool stuff taken from other subs, there is a Polaris tactical nuclear missile on display and a few midget subs and the sails (conning tower) of other subs displayed out front, and its a FREE museum no cost to get in or go on the boat. check it out if you can.
I worked at Electric Boat in the mid 80’s as a pipe fitter. I was 20 years old, my boss was a 27 y/o punk rocker. We worked on the nearly finished Ohio class SSBN’s subs doing “unsats”. He thought it would be cool to smoke a joint in the nuclear missile tube. So we skipped going outside the gate at lunch and proceeded to get “baked” in the tube that would be holding nuclear missiles in only a matter of months. Simply f’n nuts and 100% true!!
I was 5 when the Nautilus came to Pearl Harbor. My dad was stationed at Hickam on Oahu from 1956-59. When the Nautilus got close enough, I saluted and started singing ‘Anchors Aweigh’. One of a few things I remember from 63 years ago. Will never forget that!
Great story and put together nicely! As you were.....
My father was a mechanical engineer on that project and went on the sea trials
My grandad was too! Robert Kenyon.
My grandad was Obama
Woah that's super cool. How was it like being next to a nuclear reactor while being submerged? Can you please give some more details?
What an amazing voyage this was. I would be so proud to be a part of it.
Did they work for Westinghouse?
This was great. As a proud qualified submariner we hold the Nautilus as sacred.
Simon, my dad was a LtJg in 1952, and as an electrical engineer was assigned to be part of the pre-commissioning crew assembled by Adm Rickover and Westinghouse. The Navy pulled him off of the ship he was on performing sea duty in Korea in late 1952 and flew him home, transferring him to Electric Boat at Groton. My mom and dad were present for the Commissioning of the USS Nautilus. My dad never talked in detail about his activities at Electric Boat or about his interactions with Adm Rickover. I wish he had shared more of this important part of history with me. He would have still been under an NDA as part of his clearance and work and he would have taken that agreement seriously. I have yet to visit the boat, but plan to soon.
I met a man who served on the Nautilus. I just asked if I could shake his hand and thank him for what they did. I also said "God bless you for suffering Hyman Rickover". I thought he was going to vaporlock on the floor he laughed so hard.
Subs are impressive. I worked at Electric Boat in the shock test group and later software testing the new first Virginia Class subs. I stood on the deck of the last Trident boomer built but could not go below. I crawled around the first Sea Wolf while it was being built. I did tour the Nautilus. For an eye opener, I also was able to tour the Russian sub that was in Providence Rhode Island. It was not a nuke, but man, what a pig boat. And of course, you should go see some World War 2 era sub. How people could work, never mind live on that as they did is just amazing. Hats off and a moment of silence to all the submariners that are listed as "on eternal patrol"
Thank you Simon.
The video 5:25 to 5:37 is of the S1W prototype at the National Reactor Testing Station, later called Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. It was a fully operational prototype built to confirm function of the submarine nuclear propulsion system prior to building Nautilus, and to train Navy Nukes from 1953 to 1989. I was a Reactor Operator student there in 1976. Then an instructor and Plant Leading Reactor Operator 1980 to 1984. Watching this video definitely makes me feel like an historical artifact.
First and finest. Class 7907.
My grandpap actually worked on the nautilus in a way. (He was a chemical engineer who worked with electrical insulation and actually has a lot of patents in the field) and his work at westing house went into insulating the sub from any leaks of seawater conducting electricity from frying the sub and crew
I visited a few years ago and took the tour. It is a fascinating ship and very advanced for its age. I’ve toured other submarines over the years and was very impressed by the first nuclear powered sub. If you’re in the area, it’s well worth a visit. Thank you Simon and crew for this video!
Definitely worth a visit. I also enjoyed!
Where is it located?
@@waltbullet1287 Groton Connecticut
@@starshipmechanic Well worth the visit, I visited West Point on my way to NY as well.
@@waltbullet1287 1 Crystal Lake Rd, Groton, CT 06340
1:50 - Chapter 1 - American war submarines
2:45 - Chapter 2 - Development
4:45 - Chapter 3 - USS Nautilus
6:25 - Mid roll ads
7:40 - Chapter 4 - Underway on nuclear power
9:15 - Chapter 5 - Operation sunshine
12:35 - Chapter 6 - Later career
13:15 - Chapter 7 - 2nd life
Was in Groton for training from Sept 1976 to Jan 1977. The Nautilus was in port at the time and I managed to take a tour while she was still in active service. Big difference from the Permit class that I was assigned to in Pearl Harbor.
02:36 That’s the HMCS Rainbow. (SS- 75) Canada purchased it from the USN in 1968 when it was designated the USS Argonaut. (SS-475)
And yes, I agree. Rainbow is a silly name for a warship.
You should make the next submarine video be about the USS Skipjack. It was the first nuclear submarine to incorporate the tear drop hull, the standard S5W reactor, and a single screw propeller. I revolutionized submarine design and helped immensely in submarine espionage during the Cold War.
I trained at NPTU Idaho, which had the S1W reactor, which interestingly, was the prototype for the Nautilus power plant. Very cool installation as it was basically a slice of a submarine sitting in a pool of water.
Have a few German Mega Projects Ideas:
1. The "Elbphilharmonie" ist a big opera house built in the Hamburg old Harbour ontop of antique buildings which aren't allowed to be altered.
2. The Big Upgrade to the Munich subway network currently, with digging of a second main track, to ease the pressure on the old and overused central tunnel. That one is actually the most used two-way rail track in the world. Also the whole Munich "S-Bahn" drives more track km a year than the whole German long distance Network.
3. Maybe in a Megaprojects Video we can finally get behind the million of delays to the new Berlin Airport, which finally opened last year. The Year no-one could fly due to covid :D
Just a few Ideas that i thought could be interesting.
My dad has this paperback book in his library -Nautilus90° North. I liked the pictures and later read it for my kindergarten book show & tell. The FIRST.nuclear submarine to the North Pole Mom helped with the difficult words , but the classroom phonics mostly got me through it . The teacher was astonished, since the kids brought in Curious George, Dr Suess's books or Clifford etc.. She later called and made a house visit to see if was true. And my parents showed the library to her, since we were free to look & or read them. Been an avid reader since a child, a sponge for knowledge.
I'd love to read it again now that I'm nearly 60yrs old
It's Groton CT. Gr-ahh-ton
I live 15 minutes away from the Nautilus. Visited a couple of times.
I worked at EB back in 1976. We always called it rotten Groton. I grew up in Hebron not far from there.
Lolol I know, I know
I grew up in Groton during the 1980's and 90's, later moved to Mystic. We never called it "Grow-ten". Always "Grahh-ten"
I've lived in eastern Connecticut almost my whole life, including 8.5 years in Groton itself. And I've been working at Electric Boat for the last 8 years now
@@andrewoplinger4759 when I worked there it was crazy. I think about 5-6 688s were being built along with the first Ohio class hull sections starting to come together. I only worked there 6 months after I got out of the Navy and then quit and went to Thames Valley Tech. I wired the main communications stack on the 694 boat which was named Groton.
Thank you for telling the story of this amazing ship. I’ve visited her many times since I was a little boy, each time I’ve noticed something I hadn’t before(one of my favorites is a first edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea), so as one would imagine, the Nautilus holds a very special place in my heart.
The Ships logo was designed by Walt Disney Studios. I know the book you are referencing. I had to dust it a few times/ flip a page every once in a while as well. Unfortunately humidity has taken its toll.
I knew Frank Holland. He was an Engineer aboard the Nautilus, on that mission. I also met the retired GE Electrical Engineer who designed the reactor controls. Frank passed, a few years ago, but he described the mechanical problems they had on that mission.
I was 7 years old when Nautilus traversed the North Pole. I remember the event and had a model of the ship in my bedroom along with the Bell X1, X2, and X15 plus various WWII ships and planes and few few post war tanks qnd artillery. The Nautilus however was quite a marvel.
I live in Westerly which is about 15mins away from the Nautilus museum. I have been there a few times on school trips. Its amazing the balls-of-steel these guys had that went around the world in this thing. It is amazing, but VERY claustrophobic.
How about ARPANET for a future video? I mean, we all use its descendant.
Y u got that snotty, I know more than you pic? Or do you really believe that ur so superior? Good luck with the rest of the human race 👎
@@guyheck9225 wat
That deep dive pun shows us how Business Blaze Simon is slowly taking over to become the dominant Simon.
I like how you included that drawing of Captain Nemo's Nautilus.
Hey simon, there is a major megaproject you forgot to do:
How many channels you have
now THAT is the true mega project
Thanks for the video! I’m a former submarine sailor, and got to see the Nautilus floating museum when I went to Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS) in 1990. Very impressive boat!
A suggestion for megaprojects (or side projects if it doesn't seam mega enough) would be the Bayview submarine testing facility. It is one of if not the most important submarine testing facility for the US, having tested almost every important development in submarine technology since the 60's and it is a land locked state.
They built the prototype for the propulsion plant in Idaho.
A fully operational engineering section sitting inside a tank of water....in the middle of the Arco Desert.
After it finished its testing program, the Navy used it to train nuclear operators until the mid 90's.
So there are thousands of sailors who know what the inside of the Nautilus looks like.
My great grandad helped to build the nautilus, he was the principal engineer behind the keel design, and was right there with the president when it was laid, his name was Jesse Lee Powell, and I am not a Powell, by my grandmother was. She was wonderful too. But yes, we have a photo where you can make him out on the Nautilus’ Launch as a framed image in my house
Super cool, thanks for making this video! My dad, David Nezat, served on the Nautilus in the late 60’s. He’s not the type to talk about himself very often, so I appreciate the information.
Please, please, please do a Biographics on Our Lord and Savior Hyman G Rickover. I promise it will make a lot of weird cultists from Charleston very happy. And by cultists I mean the sailors of the United States Navy Nuclear Program.
All Hail! All us veteran nukes would like a Rickover and a USS Enterprise (CVN-65) video also.
Edit: Considering a good quarter of the comments at this point are demanding a Rickover video we may get one!
Currently on the SSN-795 I've read about Rickover interesting guy.
Rickover Stories are Naval Nuclear Power Legends! It would be a great story!
My grandfather was on it for the north pole mission, thanks for telling the world about the brave men in history
I was just inside that sub on Monday. It's ported in Groton Connecticut, it's wicked cool and the staff are great.
grew up and still am in groton CT. as a kid i went on the tour around here so many times, never realizing the significance until much more recently when i took an interest in submarines. thank you for the wonderful video
Is the I-95 Sub Sign still there? Submarine Capital of the World.
@@lawrenceleverton7426it was the last time I went back home but that was a few years back now
While on the USS Sea-Robin, SS407, one of my fellow officers claimed he was the first person to go around the world underwater. He said that as the Nautilas was completing its circumnavigation, he, along with the boats captain and another officer stood in the front of the bow but both of the other two got called away. He was left alone as it completed the circle.
The first submarine to complete a circumnavigation of the globe was the USS Triton.
One of my great uncles was a reactor engineer aboard the USS Nautilus. My great great grandfather was Admiral Joseph M. Reeves
Thank you for the various numerical measurement translations!
I was working at Electric Boat when they did the overhaul of the nautilus as a birthday present to Hyman Rickover. we called it the "roach coach" because when they pulled up decking the roaches scurried. also worked on the overhaul of the Daniel Webster.
No way those boys have to deal with big ass roaches all over them.... that’s awful
@@miamijules2149 that is the way is what explained to me by a cleaner who was assigned to the boat. I was working on another boat and my boss took me over to check out because I asked him if I could and he gave a tour.
They used to have massive rats at Electric Boat too back during the cold war. One old pipe fitter told me once he watched a weld try to electrocute one with his stinger, and all it did was enrage the rat!
@@andrewoplinger4759 that's is when I worked there. early 70's. never saw rats. must have been a big rat. those stingers are usually set pretty high amperage wise. 70 amps
I did my prototype training on MTS Daniel Webster in '94.
My girlfriend and I toured the Nautilus museum in 2018. Highly recommended!
I lived in a boarding house with a man who was on the ship. He showed me the pictures of his crew in the Arctic. Very cool story.
I was able to tour the Nautilus while in Submarine School. The entire museum is really interesting, but walking on that living piece of history was the best part
Jules Verne would’ve been ecstatic.
I think a bio on Rickover and the early days of the nuclear sub fleet has been suggested. So here I am re-suggesting
Thank you Simon for doing this
You should do a video on the NR-1, the smallest nuclear submarine. It has connections to the space shuttle Columbia, the Titanic, and the Cold War.
It's getting closer! Orders, sir?! Hogarth: Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Annie: Hogarth! General Rogard: Hold your fire! The boy's alive? Kent: It's a trick; Launch the missile! General Rogard: Are you mad, Mansley? All units, stand down! Rogard to Nautilus. Come in, Nautilus. This is Nautilus, standing by. Kent: [grabs radio] LAUNCH THE MISSILE NOW! [Nautilus captain pushes the red button, launching the missile up to the sky.] General Rogard:That missile is TARGETED TO THE GIANT'S CURRENT POSITION! WHERE'S THE GIANT, MANSLEY?! Kent:Wha--? Ohhhh....W-W-We can duck and cover! There's a fallout shelter right there. If we hur-- General Rogard: There's no way to survive this, YOU IDIOT! Kent:You mean... we're all going to--?General Rogard: To die, Mansley. For our country.Kent: Screw our country, I wanna live! General Rogard: Hold him, men. Make sure he stays here, like a good soldier.
[ The iron giant ]
That was a damn good movie.
The amount of bass guitar used in this video is so good this man has proper taste
I was lucky enough to be shown around the Nautilus when I was a teen in the 80's, it was docked in Swansea, Wales. The cramped conditions, especially the sleeping bunks were an eye opener. Almost took my head off walking through the round hatch, hurt like hell lol. On leaving, an officer was kind enough to give me a badge with a pair of dolphins on it. Awesome experience.
The Nautilus is moored at the Sub museum in Groton, CT. Right next to the Sub base. It's a very cool day trip. You can board her and take a short tour. The museum has great hand's on exhibits as well.
Great episode, Simon!
I toured the Nautilus in the Spring of 1992. It was a quiet day and we pretty much had it to ourselves. Great tour. The whole Museum was nice.
The last voyage of the USS Quapaw (ATF-110) was a mission to tow the USS Nautilus from Long Beach to Panama in 1984. The submarine was an empty shell on it's way to Norfork to become a museum. I was the (Acting) Operations Officer on that trip, and it took 53 days to get down there at 3 knots. While passing Nicaragua, (a Soviet client state at the time), we were approached by a very aggressive Soviet "spy" ship who wanted to investigate the "nuclear sub". They launched speed boats to intercept us, but backed off when our escort ship, a Navy LST, appeared on the northern horizon. The Soviets called back the boats and ran up three signal flags; WE ARE AFIRE, DO NOT APPROACH, and WE HAVE PLAGUE ABOARD.
My Grandfather Earl Manuel served on the Nautilus. He was a WWII, Korea & Vietnam Vet. He was also a crazy nut who was hilarious. With his Mississippi/Portuguese accent when he got angry it was a very interesting sound.
On the list of interesting submarines you need to check out include the USSR's K-19 nuclear sub =D (both a mega project and almost war-starting disaster).
As always, very interesting.
Thanks Simon.
Thanks for the great deal on Surfshark!
I'm surprised you skipped over the nuclear powered submarine fleet at Disneyland, they have a fleet of nine subs all built at Todd Shipyard in 1958/1959. Great video Simon, as usual.
When I was in the navy I had two shipmates who had served aboard Nautilus
Got to visit the Nautilus in CT on a family vacation once. It is awesome!
Loved this video more than normal even!
Simon, I love the channels and the videos.
History is a favorite of mine so thank you.
Keep up the good work!
I enjoy megaprojects videos.
I've just realized, I don't think I've seen a video by you (or any other youtube channel!) on the water supply system to NYC.
It is a massive aqueduct system including the longest tunnel in the world (not for people of course!). Currently under repair to stop a leak - the repair is a massive project by itself! Let alone the construction of the multiple aqueduct systems originally in the 18/1900s and the efforts by DEP to protect the water supply (it is not treated and excepted from federal filtration requirements because the watershed is protected from pollutants).
We kept the nautilus as a museum but scrapped the Enterprise CV-6 and are currently trying to scrap the CVN-65?
A submarine is a hell of a lot smaller and consequently cheaper/easier to run as a museum compared to a carrier.
Can't keep them all.
I am surprised you did not mention the Father of Nuclear Submarines, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. Also I loved visiting the Nautilus when I was younger, where she still sits today Moored in Groton, CT.
My friend’s dad was one of the sailors onboard the Nautilus when it went underneath the North Pole.
My friend Frank Holland was aboard, on that mission:
hiers-baxley.com/tribute/details/36637/Ernest-Holland/obituary.html
I am reading Nautilus 90 North by William R. Anderson and Clay BlairJr. I enjoyed you video on the Nautilus thank you.
As a US Navy Veteran, and graduate of the Basic Enlisted Submarine School in Groton, CT. I really enjoyed your video, but am a bit disappointed in not even mentioning ADM Hyman Rickover. Known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy", he was instrumental in the development and construction of the USS Nautilus (and is a personal hero of mine). Incidentally, I had the honor of visiting his grave at Arlington, he's buried just a couple hundred feet away from JFK.
The coolest thing about Electric Boat is every new sub or any sub gets a greeting from a D-Day survivor! Ex LST 510 now the ferry Cape Henlopen is in daily operations! The New London/Groton are is ripe with maritime history. Not only you got the Nautilus, you have the Bark Eagle, the Cape, and near by Mystic Seaport.
Casinos are world class as well.
I love that Simon has different channels! I also like the Binging With Babish one!
I used to have a Micromachine Nautilus. It was my favorite and I actually went to the library to learn about it.
Thanks for doing this vid.
Suggested it a couple of times, it's good to see suggestions do indeed get consideration :)
Another great history lesson...The Columbia River hydroelectric power and water system is a story unto it's own..
Simon & Wendover Productions = The Voice of my Lunch Break.
keep doing the great work simon :D
I've been in that little boat and i can tell you it's amazing.
I went aboard her in 98 as a midshipman. Sadly all you could see was the first deck from the torpedo room to the con. Would have loved to have seen more of her.
My dad was on her when he served. We went to see her in the late 80s(I've been back a couple of times since.) He was disappointed at how little they let us see. There were over a hundred people in that thing, couldn't be that tiny.
That footage of the submarine breaching the surface at an extreme angle is not Nautilus... It's a Balao-class performing an emergency blow. I forget which boat, knew it at one point. It was used in that intro to the 1950s TV show 'The Silent Service' hosted by Rear Admiral "Tommy" Dykers. Famous skipper of USS Jack. He had half a dozen large Japanese tankers under his belt 👍
That was the USS Pickerel, making a test emergency surface off the coast of Hawaii.
The Subamarine museum is really interesting, really cool walking around inside the Nautilus!
My wife’s cousin served on it running the reactor. When he went to take the tour he ended up answering questions on things that the people doing the tours didn’t have knowledge of. I got a chance to go on a few different subs because I had a brother and brother in law on subs. I even got served breakfast in the Chiefs mess after an evening of bar hopping with older brother when we met up in Spain.
I took a tour of the sub that played the USS dalas in hunt for red October. I was severely disappointed. Nothing really cool compared to the tour of a Canadian destroyer
I've been trying to suggest this since the third episode of megaprojects....hell yeah
I still remember reading the book, 90deg North about that polar trip!
Simon Blazing again!
Suggestion: General Dynamics/NASSCO, the ship building company here in San Diego. It has built many Navy ships over the years. It has also built quite a few oil tankers, including, I believe, the infamous Exxon Valdez. General Dynamics/NASSCO is one of the largest employers in the city of San Diego.
I was just at that museum a couple days ago! So epic! Granted I work on minders subs now and it’s crazy to see where they came from!