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The war brought expanded submarine development to the yard, as the Holland Torpedo Boat Company was purchased by the Electric Boat Company. Since Electric Boat had no yard of its own, it subcontracted to Fore River in order to complete orders. The first American submarine built at the yard was USS Octopus (SS-9), launched in 1906. This ...
In 1946, the Electric Boat Company, an American industrial group, bought a controlling interest in the company; shortly thereafter, the two companies merged to form the American company General Dynamics in 1952. During 1954, General Dynamics opted to purchase Convair, which had been created by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee ...
Isn't Electric Boat Company the common name? 132.205.44.134 23:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Except that this is a corporate name, and in those cases, the tendency is to use the firm's actual name, sans "Inc," "Corp," "Plc," "Co," etc. (except for firms where that is part of common usage, such as Onex Corporation.
General Dynamics Electric Boat [1] Identification: Pennant number:SSN-808: General characteristics; Class and type: Virginia-class submarine: Displacement: 10,200 tons: Length: 460 ft (140 m) Beam: 34 ft (10.4 m) Draft: 32 ft (9.8 m) Propulsion: S9G reactor auxiliary diesel engine: Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) Endurance: can remain submerged for ...
Cable was employed by the Electro-Dynamic Company owned by financier Isaac Rice and William Woodnut Griscom.Rice was a financial supporter of inventor John Phillip Holland, whose Holland Torpedo Boat Company (the forerunner and precursor to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation) was developing a prototype submarine, Holland VI, for the United States Navy.
General Dynamics UK is the British subsidiary of the American defence and security corporation General Dynamics. Founded in London in 1962, the company has grown to include eight sites across the United Kingdom , including in Bristol , Chippenham , Hastings , Merthyr Tydfil , Oakdale and Rotherham .
There are two major companies in Groton: General Dynamics Electric Boat and Pfizer. The Electric Boat plant on the eastern shore of the Thames River employs 10,500 people in the community. Pfizer is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, and the company maintains a 137-acre (0.55 km 2) research and development facility in Groton.