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2. General Dynamics Electric Boat - Wikipedia

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   General Dynamics Electric Boat[2] (GDEB) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for more than 100 years. The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and a design ...

3. Electro-Dynamic Company - Wikipedia

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   The company was founded by electrical inventor William Woodnut Griscom in 1880. An important early customer for electric boat motors was the Electric Launch Company, also known as Elco. Following an 1892 bankruptcy, financier Isaac Rice bailed out Electro-Dynamic and became a co-owner. Griscom died in a hunting accident in 1897.

4. USS Oregon (SSN-793) - Wikipedia

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   A contract modification for Oregon SSN-793, Montana (SSN-794), and Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) was initially awarded to Electric Boat for US$ 594.7 million in April 2012. On 23 December 2014 they were awarded an additional $121.8 million contract modification to buy long lead-time material for the three Virginia -class submarines. [11]

5. USS San Francisco (SSN-810) - Wikipedia

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   USS San Francisco (SSN-810) will be a Virginia -class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy, the ninth of the Block V boats and the 37th overall of her class. She will be the fourth US naval vessel named for San Francisco, California, one of the most densely populated cities in the U.S. The first San Francisco (C-5) was a ...

6. U.S. fleet welcomes newest USS New Jersey, the first gender ...

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   September 14, 2024 at 8:00 PM. A Saturday ceremony in Sandy Hook Bay welcomed the new USS New Jersey into the U.S. fleet. The first submarine designed to fully integrate male and female sailors ...

7. USS Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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   General Dynamics Electric Boat: Laid down: 25 May 1963: Launched: 5 December 1964: Sponsored by: Mrs. Francis L. Moseley and Mrs. Leon V. Chaplin: Commissioned: 22 October 1965: Decommissioned: 23 November 1993: Stricken: 23 November 1993: Fate: Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 21 August 1995: General characteristics ...

8. John Jay Hopkins - Wikipedia

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   John Jay Hopkins (October 15, 1893 – May 3, 1957) was founder and president of General Dynamics from 1952 to 1957. Hopkins was born in Santa Ana, California. He was assistant to the Treasury Secretary. In 1937, he joined Electric Boat as a lawyer, and eventually became director. In 1948, as president of Electric Boat, he purchased Canadair ...

9. USS Idaho (SSN-799) - Wikipedia

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   Idaho. (SSN-799) The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774). Idaho (SSN-799), a Virginia -class submarine, will be the fifth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Idaho. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on 23 August 2015, at a ceremony in Idaho. [4] The keel laying ceremony took place 24 August 2020 at the ...