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Hyman G. Rickover (January 27, 1900 – July 8, 1986) was an admiral in the United States Navy. He directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office.
Hyman G. Rickover (born Jan. 27, 1900, Makov, Russia—died July 8, 1986, Arlington, Va., U.S.) was an American naval officer and engineer who developed the world’s first nuclear-powered engines and the first atomic-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, launched in 1954.
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Engineer Military Veteran. Hyman George Rickover was a Navy admiral who served during World War II who is known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy” due to his role in developing the first nuclear-powered submarine.
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the nuclear Navy, was born in Makow, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire), on 27 January 1900. At the age of 6, he came to the United States,...
Hyman G. Rickover (24 December 1899 – 8 July 1986) was an admiral in the U.S. Navy. He directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office.
Biography: Hyman George Rickover. Admiral, U.S. Navy. Hyman George Rickover was born on 27 January 1900 to Abraham and Rachel (née Unger) Rickover, a Jewish family in Maków Mazowiecki of Poland which, at that time, was under Russian rule.
Sep 29, 2022 · The cruise was the longest that a submarine traveled fully submerged (1,300 miles) and the fastest a submarine had traveled (16 knots) for longer than an hour. On a subsequent cruise, Nautilus traveled 1,396 miles at an average speed of over 20 knots.
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