USS Nautilus
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Four ships of the U.S. Navy have been named USS Nautilus. after the Greek derivative meaning sailor or ship which gave also gave name to a tropical mollusk having a many chambered, spiral shell; and the submersible in Jules Verne's novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
- USS Nautilus (1799), a 12-gun schooner (1799–1812)
- USS Nautilus (1838), a 76-foot coast survey schooner (1838–1859)
- USS Nautilus (SS-168), a Narwhal-class submarine (1930–1945)
- USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear submarine (1954–1980) and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1982.
Three other Navy ships have a related name:
- USS H-2 (SS-29), a H-class submarine (1913–1930) called Nautilus only during construction
- USS Nautilus II (SP-559), a 66-foot patrol/escort (1917–1919), the U.S. Navy considers Nautilus II to be a separate name
- USS O-12 (SS-73), an O-11-class submarine (1917–1931) which carried the name Nautilus during a civilian arctic expedition in 1931
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