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Vice Admiral (then Commander) Eugene P. "Dennis" Wilkinson, was the first CO of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571).

He was selected for the Nautilus command as well as 2 other historic assignments:

First Commanding Officer of USS Long Beach (CGN-9), the Navy's first nuclear powered surface ship

First CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

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