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Harry Truman: “The Nautilus will be able to move under the water at a speed of more than 20 knots.”

On the recordJune 13, 1952
The Nautilus will be able to move under the water at a speed of more than 20 knots.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in Groton, Conn., at the Keel Laying of the first Atomic Energy Submarine.

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