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Learn about the history and products of Electric Boat, a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation and the primary builder of submarines for the US Navy. Find out how Electric Boat designed and constructed the first nuclear submarine, the first ballistic missile submarine, and the Virginia-class submarines.
General Dynamics (GD) is a US-based company that produces aircraft, submarines, tanks, and other military equipment. It was formed in 1954 by the merger of Electric Boat and Canadair, and has subsidiaries in various countries and industries.
John Philip Holland was an Irish-American engineer who developed the first submarine commissioned by the US Navy and the first Royal Navy submarine. He also designed several other submarines for the US, the UK and Japan, and taught at various Christian Brothers schools in Ireland and the US.
A Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy, commissioned in 2023. The boat is named after Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear navy, and has a sponsor named Darleen Greenert.
USS Tang (SSN-805) is a nuclear-powered, Virginia-class attack submarine in the United States Navy. She is named after a WWII submarine with a successful combat record and will have a Virginia Payload Module with 40 missile tubes.
USS North Dakota is a nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy, named after the U.S. state of North Dakota. She is the first of eight Virginia-class Block III boats, with two large-diameter Virginia Payload Tubes for Tomahawk missiles.
USS Missouri is a Virginia-class attack submarine named after the U.S. state of Missouri. She was commissioned in 2010 and operates with the U.S. 6th and 7th fleets.
William Anders was a US Air Force major general, engineer, and NASA astronaut who flew on Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the Moon. He also served as the US ambassador to Norway and a business executive in the aerospace industry.