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A bunch of Pack 66 cubs visit the USS Nautilus and Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT. The kids really enjoyed
looking at the torpedos, control rooms, and walking through the USS Nautilus.
HISTORY: On the morning of January 17, 1955, at 11 am EST, NAUTILUS' first Commanding Officer,
Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson, USN, ordered all lines cast off and signaled the memorable and historic message, "Underway
On Nuclear Power." Over the next several years, NAUTILUS shattered all submerged speed and distance records.
On July 23, 1958, NAUTILUS departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii under top secret orders to conduct "Operation Sunshine,"
the first crossing of the north pole by a ship. At 11:15 pm on August 3, 1958, NAUTILUS' second Commanding Officer, Commander
William R. Anderson, USN, announced to his crew "For the world, Our Country, and the Navy - the North Pole." With 116 men
aboard, NAUTILUS had accomplished the "impossible," reaching the geographic North Pole--90 degrees north.
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