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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 ...
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 ...
American submarine. NR-1. 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) at stern stabilizers. 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.
A contract modification for Oregon SSN-793, Montana (SSN-794), and Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) was initially awarded to Electric Boat for US$ 594.7 million in April 2012. On 23 December 2014 they were awarded an additional $121.8 million contract modification to buy long lead-time material for the three Virginia -class submarines. [11]
September 14, 2024 at 8:00 PM. A Saturday ceremony in Sandy Hook Bay welcomed the new USS New Jersey into the U.S. fleet. The first submarine designed to fully integrate male and female sailors ...
Idaho. (SSN-799) The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774). Idaho (SSN-799), a Virginia -class submarine, will be the fifth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Idaho. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on 23 August 2015, at a ceremony in Idaho. [4] The keel laying ceremony took place 24 August 2020 at the ...
General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton: 12 August 1972 19 October 1974 25 June 1977 25 June 2010 33 years, 0 months and 0 days Stricken, final disposition pending N/A [37] Memphis: SSN-691 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News: 4 February 1971 23 June 1973 3 April 1976 17 December 1977 1 April 2011 33 years, 3 months and 15 days
The Astute class are built at the Devonshire Dock Hall, Barrow-in-Furness. In November 1999, British Aerospace purchased GEC-Marconi and created BAE Systems. At the time of the takeover, it had been approximately 20 years since the Vanguard class were designed, and the last of the boats had already been launched. [9]