On this date in 1958 the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, became the first vessel to do what?

August 2, 2011 By Chad Vander Veen

Answer: Travel beneath the Arctic ice cap.

According to ussnautilus.org, On July 23, 1958, NAUTILUS departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii under top secret orders to conduct "Operation Sunshine", the first crossing of the North Pole by a ship. At 11:15 pm on August 3, 1958, NAUTILUS' second Commanding Officer, Commander William R. Anderson, announced to his crew, "For the world, our country, and the Navy - the North Pole." With 116 men aboard, NAUTILUS had accomplished the "impossible", reaching the geographic North Pole - 90 degrees North.

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