First Lady, Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower christens the Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, on January 21, 1954. Left to right are Mrs. Eugene P. Wilkenson, wife of the Nautilus' first commanding officer and Mrs. Eisenhower's matron o
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