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The launch of Nautilus, the world's first atomic submarine marked a transition in naval warfare-a transition as sudden as that associated with the Monitor.
Waldemar Kaempffert
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Waldemar Kaempffert
Age: 79 †
Born: 1877
Born: September 27
Died: 1956
Died: November 27
Science Writer
New York City
New York
Waldemar Bernhard Kaempffert
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