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At random: The USS NAUTILUS SSN 571 made history by cruising submerged from the pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, passing under the North Pole at 11:15 p.m. EDST on August 3, 1958.
9-28 Naval Incident
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fortyrod
Posted 2017-09-28 4:20 AM (#85211)
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Subject: 9-28 Naval Incident

Pacific 09/28/82: The USS Sam Houston (SSN-609) spills less than 50 gallons of low-level radioactive water during a test while it is in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard,Bremerton, Washington, undergoing routine maintenance, according to the Navy. The spill was stopped,the water was contained within the ship, and no radioactivity was released to the environment. The submarine's reactor was not operating. Two individuals were in the area during the spill and one of these individuals received low-level radioactive contamination.
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