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2. Isaac Rice (businessman) - Wikipedia

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   Isaac Leopold Rice (February 22, 1850 – November 2, 1915) was a German-born Jewish American businessman, investor, musicologist, author, and chess patron. As part of a successful career in the manufacturing industry, in 1899 he acquired the Holland Torpedo Boat Company, which was renamed the Electric Boat Company and produced submarines for the U.S. and British navies.

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 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 ...

5. USS La Jolla - Wikipedia

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   12 officers, 98 men. USS La Jolla (SSN-701/MTS-701), a Los Angeles -class submarine, is named for La Jolla, California. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10 December 1973 and her keel was laid down on 16 October 1976. She was launched on 11 August 1979 ...

6. Electric boat - Wikipedia

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   An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators. [1] While a significant majority of water vessels are powered by diesel engines , with sail power and gasoline engines also popular, boats powered by electricity have been used for over 120 years.

7. USS Mississippi (SSN-782) - Wikipedia

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   The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 14 August 2003. Mississippi ' s keel was laid down on 9 June 2010. Mississippi was christened on 3 December 2011 at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. Allison Stiller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of ...

8. USS Iowa (SSN-797) - Wikipedia

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   Iowa ' s keel was laid down on 20 August 2019 at the Quonset Point Facility of General Dynamics Electric Boat in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. She was christened on 17 June 2023 by Christie Vilsack, the boat's sponsor and former First lady of Iowa. References

9. USS Hartford (SSN-768) - Wikipedia

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   4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 12 × vertical launch Tomahawk missiles. USS Hartford (SSN-768), a Los Angeles -class submarine, is the second ship of the Navy to be named for Hartford, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 June 1988 and ...