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Newport News: SSN-750 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News: 3 March 1984 15 March 1986 3 June 1989 Proposed 2026 [78] Active, in commission: Groton, CT [80] San Juan: SSN-751 III 688i (Improved) General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton: 30 November 1982 9 August 1985 6 December 1986 6 August 1988 Proposed 2024 [78] Active, in commission Groton ...
The Electric Boat Association (EBA) was established in London in 1982 and is the largest organisation in the world dedicated to electric boats and boating. It was the first such national association and has been followed by associations in France, [2] Greece, [3] Norway, [4] Netherlands, [5] Switzerland, [6] Canada [7] and United States [8]
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion.The vehicle can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or can be powered autonomously by a battery or by converting fuel to electricity using a generator or fuel cells. [1]
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]
The result was the "Elektroboot" series, the Type XXI U-boat and a short range Type XXIII U-boat, finalized in January 1943 but with production only commencing in 1944–1945. When under water, the Type XXI managed to run at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph), which was faster than a Type VII running full out on the surface and almost as fast as the ...
Three Type XXI U-boats and one Type VII U-boat moored at Bergen, Norway (May 1945). The Type XXI in the middle is U-2511. U-2511 and U-3008 were the only Type XXIs used for war patrols, and neither sank any ships. The commander of U-2511 claimed the U-boat had a British cruiser in her sights on 4 May when news of the German cease-fire was ...
Rice incorporated a new Company, the Electric Boat Company on February 7, 1899, and the Holland Company became a major subsidiary of the Electric Boat Company. With the change, some stockholders of Holland stock were able to convert their shares in Holland stock to Electric Boat Company's preferred share.
The modernization was the first major overhaul and repair job for Electric Boat in almost 25 years. [3] Originally awarded as a 12 month, $26.3 million depot modernization, [4] Springfield was to be the test case for the possibility of awarding future repair and overhaul contracts to Electric Boat. The overhaul was plagued by cost and time ...