Truman lays keel for first atomic sub 60 years ago today (1952)


Video: 'Atom Sub. President Officiates At Laying Of Keel 1952 Newsreel'

(Saturday, June 14, 1952) — U.S. President Harry S Truman officiated at the keel-laying of the nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus today at the Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton, Connecticut.