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2. General Dynamics - Wikipedia

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   General Dynamics traces its ancestry to John Philip Holland's Holland Torpedo Boat Company. In 1899, Isaac Rice bought the company from Holland and renamed it Electric Boat Company. Electric Boat was responsible for developing the U.S. Navy's first modern submarines, which were purchased by the Navy in 1900.

3. USS Annapolis (SSN-760) - Wikipedia

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   The contract to build USS Annapolis (SSN-760) was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 21 March 1986 and her keel was laid down on 15 June 1988. She was launched on 18 May 1991 sponsored by Mrs. Myra F. Kauderer, and commissioned on 11 April 1992, with Commander Richard Severinghaus in ...

4. USS Vermont (SSN-792) - Wikipedia

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   Vermont was part of a construction contract, worth US$17.6 billion, awarded to General Dynamics Electric Boat to build ten Virginia-class submarines, the first of the Block IV type. On 20 October 2018, Vermont was christened with a bottle of Vermont sparkling apple wine during a ceremony held at the Electric Boat facility in Groton, Connecticut.

5. USS Idaho (SSN-799) - Wikipedia

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   General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut: Laid down: 24 August 2020: Sponsored by: Teresa Stackley: Identification: Hull number: SSN-799: Motto: Esto Perpetua: Status: Christened (March 16 2024) General characteristics; Class and type: Virginia-class submarine: Displacement: 7,800 tons: Length: 377 ft (115 m) Beam: 34 ft (10.4 m ...

6. Victory Yard - Wikipedia

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   On 5 February 1942, the US Navy purchased the former Groton Iron Works property from Alfred Holter and Shell Oil Company for $222,000 using condemnation proceedings. [1] $9.5 million was spent to construct the Victory Yard, where General Dynamics Electric Boat began building submarines on 22 July 1942. [2] On 3 November 1943 a Federal Court ...

7. USS Pargo (SSN-650) - Wikipedia

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   The contract to build Pargo was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 26 March 1963 and her keel was laid down there on 3 June 1964. She was launched on 17 September 1966, sponsored by Mrs. Jean Gordon Holloway (née Hagood), the wife of retired Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr. (1898 ...