Return of the USS Nautilus
 

I've not posted here in many a year, but I thought the members of this site would appreciate the following.

After $36 million and 11 months of preservation work, the USS Nautilus was officially back on public display at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut as of September 9, 2022.
I took these photos at the ceremony. Haven't seen so many admirals and politicians in one place in a long time around here.
Good to see the old girl back in port.

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Admiral, governor, and US senator visible in this photo:
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Welcome back!
 

I remember that Tomahawk, it used to sit outside the Officer's schoolhouse. :yep:

My folks came down to Groton for a three day weekend when I was still in C School for the WLR-1G. Its the only ESM system we can talk about because the Navy had to declassify it after the Pueblo was captured by North Korea.
My Mom had this ability to innocently gut anyone with one sentence. I was wearing my "working whites" because I could get in the museum for free if I was in uniform.

"ET3SN, is this anything like the equipment you work on?" she says in the middle of a big tour group. "Ma, it IS the system I work on...". :oops:


:haha:

You have a very cool hometown, BTW. :up:

Nice photos :salute:

I'm from New England. I don't talk if I don't have much to say. :D