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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. 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]

  4. Bath Iron Works - Wikipedia

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    Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, founded in 1884 as Bath Iron Works, Limited. Since 1995, Bath Iron Works has been a subsidiary of General Dynamics, one of the world's largest defense companies. BIW has built private, commercial, and military vessels, most of which have been ...

  5. USS Oregon (SSN-793) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. 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.

  7. U.S. fleet welcomes newest USS New Jersey, the first gender ...

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    September 14, 2024 at 4:53 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 ...

  8. Astute-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    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

  9. USS District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    In March 2016, the U.S. Navy announced that General Dynamics Electric Boat was chosen as the prime contractor and lead design yard. [14] Electric Boat will carry out the majority of the work, on all 12 submarines, including final assembly. [15] All 18 Ohio-class submarines were built at Electric Boat as well. [16]