A starboard amidships view of the decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) as it is towed by the fleet tug USS QUAPAW (ATF 110), not visible. The submarine is en route to Groton, Connecticut. An SH-3 Sea King helicopter is visible to the left

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A starboard amidships view of the decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) as it is towed by the fleet tug USS QUAPAW (ATF 110), not visible. The submarine is en route to Groton, Connecticut. An SH-3 Sea King helicopter is visible to the left

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: San Francisco Bay

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Steve Miller

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Submarines!

Beginning in ancient times, humans sought to operate under the water. The legendary origins of the submarine stretch back to 332 BC with a tale about Alexander the Great being lowered into the sea in a glass barrel to study fish. The submarine concept was thereafter consigned to the backwaters of history for some 1,800 years. This collection presents various submarines: from small and simple to nuclear-powered underwater behemoths.