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#OTD in 1958, USS Nautilus (SSN 571) becomes the first submarine to cross the 'top' of the world during Operation Sunshine when the boat passes under an arctic ice cap at the North Pole.
In photo, Nautilus underway at sea in 1965.
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#OTD in 1960, with head of the Polaris program Rear Admiral William F. Raborn onboard, USS George Washington (SSN 598) made history when it successfully launched the first Polaris missile from a submerged submarine.
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#OTD in 1997, USS Seawolf (SSN 21) is commissioned at Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton, Conn. The boat was the first of three Seawolf-class submarines to be built by the Navy.
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#OTD in 1981, USS Dallas (SSN 700) is commissioned at Groton, Conn.
The boat served the Navy for over 36 years before being decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) Bremerton on April 4, 2018.
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