Submarine Force Museum & USS Nautilus

The Submarine Force Museum is home to the Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered vessel. Visitors can explore the spaces where the crew of this historic vessel worked, ate, slept, and entertained themselves on their long voyages far beneath the ocean’s waves. The museum boasts the finest collection of submarine artifacts in the world, with thousands of artifacts, documents, and photographs spanning the history of submersibles. The museum traces the development of the “Silent Service” from David Bushnell’s Turtle, used in the Revolutionary War, to the Ohio and Virginia class submarines utilized by our military today. The museum also has a 6,000-volume reference and research library, a world-renowned collection relative to the history of US submarines. Admission to the museum is free