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== ''"Nautilus"'' ==
'''[[Nautilus]]''' may refer to:
The [[nautilus]] is a tropical mollusk, having a many-chambered, spiral shell with a pearly interior. Derived from a Greek word meaning "sailor" or "ship," ''Nautilus'' and its variants has been a common ship's name in several languages for centuries. Six ships of the [[United States Navy]] have been named ''Nautilus''.


* {{HMS|Nautilus}}, a number of ships and a submarine of the Royal Navy
A popular misconception is that these ships were named for the fictional submarine in [[Jules Verne]]'s 1870 novel ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'', but ''Nautilus'' has been associated with proud fighting ships of the United States Navy since 1803, six decades before Verne christened [[Captain Nemo]]'s submarine, [[The Nautilus|the ''Nautilus'']].
* {{SMS|Nautilus}}, two ships of the Imperial German Navy and one of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
* {{USS|Nautilus}}, a number of ships and submarines of the U.S. Navy
* {{ship||Nautilus|1800}}, the first practical submarine, built by Robert Fulton in 1800
* ''Nautilus'', the first motorized [[Staten Island Ferry]] from 1817
* ''Nautilus'', the Spanish ship commanded by [[Fernando Villaamil]] which circumnavigated the world from 1892 to 1894.
* {{SS|Nautilus}}, formerly ''Activo'', built in Hamburg 1913, used for defence duties in the Arabian Sea during World War II
* {{MV|Nautilus}}, a 1921 Italian tanker torpedoed in 1942<ref>http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?95885</ref>
* {{SS|Nautilus|1922}}, a German cargo ship lost in a storm in 1962<ref>http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?3669</ref>
* [[USS O-12 (SS-73)|''Nautilus'']], formerly USS ''O-12'' (SS-73), an ''O-11''-class submarine (1917–1931) used on Hubert Wilkins's and Lincoln Ellsworth's Arctic Expedition of 1931
* {{ship|EV|Nautilus}}, an exploration vessel (launched 2009)
* {{ship|UC3|Nautilus}}, a privately-built Danish midget submarine (launched 2009, sunk 2017)
* ''Nautilus'', a brig of 60 tons ([[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]]) built at that under the command of Captain Charles Bishop that between 1796 and 1799 sailed in the South Pacific. Bishop purchased her at Amboyna c. November 1796. She visited Tahiti, and then [[Port Jackson]], arriving there in May 1798. From there she sailed to [[Van Diemen's Land]] where she took 9000 seal skins before sailing to China. she returned to Port Jackson from China in September 1801, before sailing to Tahiti in May 1802.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kostoglou |first1=Parry |title=Sealing in Tasmania historical research project |date=1996 |publisher=Parks and Wildlife Service |location=Hobart |pages=81-2 |edition=First}}</ref>
* ''Nautilus'', a brig of 185 tons (bm) and 14 guns, launched at Bengal in 1806 for the [[Bombay Marine]]. In 1815, after the end of the War of 1812, {{USS|Peacock|1813|6}} fired on and captured her, killing and wounding a number of her officers and crew, despite being informed that the war had ended. The Americans released ''Nautilus'' when her captain proved that the war had indeed ended. ''Nautilus'' was wrecked on the Malabar Coast in 1834.{{cn|date=February 2017}}


==Fictional vessels==
== US Naval ships named ''Nautilus'' ==
Six ships of the U.S. Navy have been named ''Nautilus''. Not all of these ships were called the ''"Nautilus"'' throughout their service, the following dates may refer to the vessel's launch date, commissioning date, or rechristening date:


* {{ship||Nautilus|Verne}}, the fictional ship from Jules Verne's novels ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' (1870) and ''The Mysterious Island'' (1874)
=== [[USS Nautilus (1799)|12-gun schooner 1799]] ===
** ''Nautilus'' from ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' anime inspired by Verne's novels
Launched as a merchant ship in [[1799]], ''Nautilus'', a [[schooner]] of 12 guns, first appeared on the Navy list in [[1803]]. Under the command of LT [[Richard Somers]], she was with Commodore [[Edward Preble|Preble]]'s Squadron in the Mediterranean, during the campaign against the Tripolitan Pirates. Her battle plaque is inscribed with the names of [[Tripoli]] and [[Derne]] from this early war of the U.S. Navy. She continued in active service until she was captured by a British squadron at the outbreak of the [[War of 1812]].
* A fictional submarine as part of the “SCP foundation” collaborative writing project


==See also==
=== [[USS Nautilus (1838)|76-foot survey schooner 1838]] ===
*[[Nautilus (disambiguation)]]
''Nautilus'' was used, in 1838 to name a 76-foot schooner built specifically for [[hydrography|hydrographic survey]] of the U.S. coast. She was placed in service in [[1847]] for use in the [[Mexican-American War|Mexican War]].


==Notes==
=== [[USS Nautilus (1911)|First military submarine ''Nautilus'' 1911]] ===
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In 1911, NAUTILUS made her first appearance in the Submarine Force although later that year her name was changed to H-2. Built in San Francisco, the 150 foot, 467 ton diesel submarine saw service until 1922 when she was decommissioned.


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=== [[USS Nautilus (SP-559)|66-foot patrol/escort 1917]] ===
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During World War I the name and tradition were carried on by a 66 foot motor pleasure boat, built at City Island, New York. She was commissioned in 1917 and assigned to patrol and escort duties of the New York City area for the remainder of World War I.
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[[Category:Naval history]]
=== [[USS O-12 (SS-73)|USS ''Nautilus''/USS ''O-12'' 1918]] ===
The USS O-12 (SS-73) was an ''O-11 class'' submarine of the United States Navy, commissioned 1918 October 18, with Lieutenant Commander J.E. Austin in command. She did not begin as ''Nautilus'' but was later re-christened.

Submarine O-12 spent much of her career as a unit of Submarine Division 1, based at [[Coco Solo]], [[Panama Canal Zone]]. In 1921, she was awarded a '''Battle Efficiency Pennant''' and trophy for gunnery (gun and torpedo).

Decommissioned 1924 June 17, she was placed in reserve at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where she remained until struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1930 July 29.

She was converted by the Philadelphia Navy Yard for use on the Sir Hubert Wilkins Arctic Expedition of geophysical investigation -- during which the submarine bore the name ''Nautilus''. Afterward she was returned to the Navy Department and was scuttled [[1931]] November 20 in a Norwegian fjord.

=== [[USS Nautilus (SS-168)|Second military submarine USS ''Nautilus'' (SS-168) 1930]] ===
The Nautilus (SS168) was built at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in 1930 and was one of the largest submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy.

==== War in the Pacific ====
With the outbreak of the war in the Pacific, Nautilus quickly joined the fight and established the reputation, which was to characterize her throughout the next three years of combat. On her first war patrol, at the Battle of Midway, she sank the [[Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu]] that had been previously damaged by aerial attacks.
On her second patrol, she carried out the first of many special missions that her size particularly suited her for. Carrying a detachment of the Second Marine Raider Battalion and in company with the [[USS Argonaut (SS-166)|USS Argonaut]] she attacked and captured the enemy held island of Makin.

===== Presidential Unit Citation =====
On her third patrol, she accounted for three ships. For her distinguished service on these three war patrols she was awarded the ''[[Presidential Unit Citation]]'', the Navy's highest award to a fighting ship.
Finally in 1945, after fourteen war patrols, in which she sank seven ships and participated in the battles of Midway, Makin, Guadalcanal, Attu, Gilbert Islands and Leyte, she was retired from combat service and decommissioned on June 30.

=== [[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)|First nuclear submarine USS ''Nautilus'' (SSN-571) 1954]] ===
[[Image:Nautilus (SSN 571) Groton CT 2002 May 08.jpg|thumb|250px|right|USS Nautilus (SSN-571), retired, heading for home after $4.7 million dollar preservation by [[Electric Boat]].]]
On 12 December 1951, the Navy Department announced that the world's first nuclear-powered submarine (SSN 571) would carry the name Nautilus. Authorized by the Congress in July 1951, her keel was laid at the [[Electric Boat Corporation|Electric Boat Division]] of [[General Dynamics]] in [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]], [[Connecticut]] by the Honorable [[Harry S. Truman]], President of the United States, on June 14, 1952. A year and a half later -- on January 21, 1954 -- the [[First Lady]], Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower broke the traditional bottle of champagne on her bow as the ship slid down the ways into the Thames River in Connecticut.

==== "Underway on nuclear power" ====
On Jan. 17,1955, USS ''Nautilus'' put to sea for the first time and signaled her historic message "Underway on nuclear power." She steamed submerged 1,300 miles from New London to San Juan, Puerto Rico, in just 84 hours. The success of Nautilus ensured the future of nuclear power in the Navy.

==== Museum ====
Now a museum, after undergoing a five-month preservation at Electric Boat division of General Dynamics, at a cost of approximately $4.7 million. The historic ship Nautilus attracts some 250,000 visitors annually to her present berth near the the United States Naval Submarine Base New London, at Groton's Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton Connecticut.

== Other Ships named Nautilus ==
In addition to the US Naval ships and submarines, and the fictional Nautilus, other vessels have been christened ''Nautilus'':

===[[Nautilus (1800)|Robert Fulton's ''Nautilus'' 1800]]===
*[[Nautilus (1800)|''Nautilus'']], the first practical submarine, invented by [[Robert Fulton]] in [[1800]].

=== [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea's'']] [[The Nautilus|the ''Nautilus'']] ===
Perhaps the most famous fictional submarine, [[The Nautilus|the ''Nautilus'']], from [[Jules Verne|Jules Verne's]] [[Science fiction|science fiction]] novels, [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'']] and [[The Mysterious Island|''The Mysterious Island'']], was captained by Captain Nemo. Built in secret from parts manufactured throughout [[Europe]], this electrically-powered vessel featured a "ramming prow", used to attack vessels by holing them below the surface.

== Related articles ==
[[Nautilus|Nautilus (mollusk)]]

[[The Nautilus|''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea's Nautilus'']] fictional vessel

[[USS Nautilus]] U.S. Military vessels named USS ''Nautilus''

[[Submarine]]

[[Nautilus (Fulton)|Robert Fulton's Nautilus]] first ''Nautilus'' submarine

[[USS Nautilus (1799)]] 12-gun schooner

[[USS Nautilus (1847)]] 76-foot survey schooner

[[USS Nautilus (1911)]] first military submarine

[[USS Nautilus (1917)]] 66-foot patrol/escort vessel

[[USS Nautilus (SS-168)]] second military sub ''Nautilus''

[[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)]] first nuclear submarine

[[USS O-12 (SS-73)]] rechristened as ''Nautilus'' by Sir Hubert Wilkins' Arctic Expedition

[[Category: Naval history]]
[[Category:Ships named Nautilus]]

Revision as of 18:38, 17 October 2018

Nautilus may refer to:

  • HMS Nautilus, a number of ships and a submarine of the Royal Navy
  • SMS Nautilus, two ships of the Imperial German Navy and one of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
  • USS Nautilus, a number of ships and submarines of the U.S. Navy
  • Nautilus (1800), the first practical submarine, built by Robert Fulton in 1800
  • Nautilus, the first motorized Staten Island Ferry from 1817
  • Nautilus, the Spanish ship commanded by Fernando Villaamil which circumnavigated the world from 1892 to 1894.
  • SS Nautilus, formerly Activo, built in Hamburg 1913, used for defence duties in the Arabian Sea during World War II
  • MV Nautilus, a 1921 Italian tanker torpedoed in 1942[1]
  • SS Nautilus (1922), a German cargo ship lost in a storm in 1962[2]
  • Nautilus, formerly USS O-12 (SS-73), an O-11-class submarine (1917–1931) used on Hubert Wilkins's and Lincoln Ellsworth's Arctic Expedition of 1931
  • EV Nautilus, an exploration vessel (launched 2009)
  • UC3 Nautilus, a privately-built Danish midget submarine (launched 2009, sunk 2017)
  • Nautilus, a brig of 60 tons (bm) built at that under the command of Captain Charles Bishop that between 1796 and 1799 sailed in the South Pacific. Bishop purchased her at Amboyna c. November 1796. She visited Tahiti, and then Port Jackson, arriving there in May 1798. From there she sailed to Van Diemen's Land where she took 9000 seal skins before sailing to China. she returned to Port Jackson from China in September 1801, before sailing to Tahiti in May 1802.[3]
  • Nautilus, a brig of 185 tons (bm) and 14 guns, launched at Bengal in 1806 for the Bombay Marine. In 1815, after the end of the War of 1812, USS Peacock fired on and captured her, killing and wounding a number of her officers and crew, despite being informed that the war had ended. The Americans released Nautilus when her captain proved that the war had indeed ended. Nautilus was wrecked on the Malabar Coast in 1834.[citation needed]

Fictional vessels

  • Nautilus (Verne), the fictional ship from Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874)
  • A fictional submarine as part of the “SCP foundation” collaborative writing project

See also

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?95885
  2. ^ http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?3669
  3. ^ Kostoglou, Parry (1996). Sealing in Tasmania historical research project (First ed.). Hobart: Parks and Wildlife Service. pp. 81–2.
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