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The two-person submarine was commissioned in 1963, built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, and launched on May 28, 1964. Asherah was 16 feet long, weighed 4.5 tons, and could move at up to 4 knots, powered by rechargeable batteries. She could dive to a depth of 600 feet (180 m).
Later on, this company changed its name when Isaac Rice merged his other holdings (Electric Storage and Electro-Dynamic) with Holland's to create the Electric Boat Company. In 1902 Spear resigned his Navy commission and joined Electric Boat as a naval constructor He was appointed vice-president when Holland resigned in April 1904. Spear served ...
Both the boat's name and her sponsor were announced by the Secretary of the Navy at a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard on 9 January 2015. [6] Hyman G. Rickover ' s christening occurred on 31 July 2021, [ 7 ] and she was commissioned on 14 October 2023, during a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London , in Groton, Connecticut .
BTW, there are 53,000 Google matches for the exact phrase (in quotes) "General Dynamics Electric Boat." Certainly gets used frequently enough. —Joseph/N328KF 07:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it.
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The contract to build her 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 29 January 1990. She was launched on 4 January 1992 sponsored by Lynn Martin , and commissioned on 9 January 1993.
L. Y. Spear was laid down by General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 5 May 1966; launched on 7 September 1967; sponsored by the wife of Vice Admiral Schade, Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet; and commissioned on 28 February 1970.
The MOD also enlisted the advice and expertise of General Dynamics Electric Boat through a U.S. Navy contract. [16] Eventually, a General Dynamics Electric Boat employee became the Astute Project Director at Barrow. [9] Audacious under construction