Nimitz immediately understood the potential of nuclear propulsion and recommended the project to the Secretary of the Navy, John L. Sullivan, whose endorsement to build the world's first nuclear-powered vessel, USS Nautilus ( SSN-571 ), later caused Rickover to state that Sullivan was " the true father of the Nuclear Navy.

Nimitz immediately understood the potential of nuclear propulsion and recommended the project to Sullivan, whose endorsement to build the world's first nuclear-powered vessel, USS Nautilus ( SSN-571 ), later caused Rickover to state that Sullivan was " the true father of the Nuclear Navy.

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