Word: narwhal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...January and again in June, the young officer slated by the Navy to do the job flew to Washington to brief President Eisenhower on the possibilities. Nautilus' commanding officer: Commander William R. Anderson, 37, Tennessee-born Annapolis standout (class of '42), submariner veteran of Tarpon, Narwhal, Trutta, Sarda, Tang and Wahoo in World War II and the cold war, recent staffer in the Atomic Energy Commission. After Anderson's June briefing, the President gave the Navy its orders: Go ahead. And as he pulled out of Pearl Harbor last fortnight and set course almost due north toward...