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Established | 1955 |
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Location | Groton, Connecticut |
Type | Military museum |
Collection size | 33,000 artifacts 20,000 significant documents 30,000 photographs |
Visitors | 150,000/year |
Curator | Steve Finnegan |
Website | www.ussnautilus.org |
The United States Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum is located on the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut. It is the only submarine museum managed exclusively by the Naval History & Heritage Command division of the Navy, and this makes it a repository for many special submarine items of national significance, including USS Nautilus (SSN-571). Visitors may take a 30-minute self-guided audio tour of the Nautilus.