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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. American submarine NR-1 - Wikipedia

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   Deep Submergence Vessel NR-1 was a unique United States Navy (USN) nuclear-powered ocean engineering and research submarine, built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics at Groton, Connecticut. NR-1 was launched on 25 January 1969, completed initial sea trials 19 August 1969, and was home-ported at Naval Submarine Base New London.

4. 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.

5. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) - Wikipedia

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   Nautilus ' s keel was laid at General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division in Groton, Connecticut, by Harry S. Truman on 14 June 1952. [13] She was christened on 21 January 1954 and launched into the Thames River, sponsored by Mamie Eisenhower. Nautilus was commissioned on 30 September 1954, under the command of Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson, USN. [2]

6. General Dynamics - Wikipedia

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   General Dynamics traces its ancestry to John Philip Holland's Holland Torpedo Boat Company. [5] In 1899, Isaac Rice bought the company from Holland and renamed it Electric Boat Company. [6] Electric Boat was responsible for developing the U.S. Navy's first modern submarines, which were purchased by the Navy in 1900. [7]

7. These publicly traded companies are based in RI. Here's how ...

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   General Dynamics (GD: NYSE), which manufactures nuclear submarines under the name General Dynamics Electric Boat, might have a huge presence in Quonset Point (125 acres) but the company is ...

8. USS Seawolf (SSN-575) - Wikipedia

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   Armament. 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. USS Seawolf (SSN-575) was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal cooled (sodium), beryllium - moderated [2][3] nuclear reactor, the S2G. [4] Her overall design (known as SCB 64A) was a ...

9. USS Seawolf (SSN-21) - Wikipedia

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   The contract to build Seawolf was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics on 9 January 1989 and her keel was laid down on 25 October 1989. She was launched on 24 June 1995, sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Dalton, and commissioned on 19 July 1997. The 7-year 9-month time period from keel laying to commissioning is the longest for a ...