New American submarine will be named after admiral Rickover

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 13.01.2015

The United States will assign the name of admiral Rickover to a new multipurpose submarine of Virginia class.

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Admiral Rickover

The corresponding statement the U.S. Navy did during the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the first trip of the nuclear submarine Nautilus.

The submarine USS Nautilus SSN-571 was built in 1954 under the leadership of admiral Hyman Rickover. At January 17, 1955 the boat went first to sea and sent a telegram "Underway on nuclear power."

Topics: History, Nuclear ships, USA

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