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USS. Mississippi. (SSN-782) Mississippi arrives at Pearl Harbor, 25 November 2014. USS Mississippi (SSN-782) is a Virginia -class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the state of Mississippi. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 14 August 2003.
On 5 February 1942, the US Navy purchased the former Groton Iron Works property from Alfred Holter and Shell Oil Company for $222,000 using condemnation proceedings. [1] $9.5 million was spent to construct the Victory Yard, where General Dynamics Electric Boat began building submarines on 22 July 1942. [2] On 3 November 1943 a Federal Court ...
General Dynamics Electric Boat: Lafayette: 28 December 1961 27 April 1963 9 April 1964 30 August 1990 December 2023 La Jolla: SSN-701 General Dynamics Electric Boat: Los Angeles: 16 October 1976 11 August 1979 24 October 1981 15 November 2019 Active San Francisco: SSN-711 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Los Angeles: 26 May 1977 27 ...
Isaac Leopold Rice (February 22, 1850 – November 2, 1915) was a German-born Jewish American businessman, investor, musicologist, author, and chess patron. As part of a successful career in the manufacturing industry, in 1899 he acquired the Holland Torpedo Boat Company, which was renamed the Electric Boat Company and produced submarines for the U.S. and British navies.
The contract for the construction of Louisiana was awarded on 19 December 1990 and her keel was laid down at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, on 23 October 1992. She was launched on 27 July 1996, sponsored by Patricia O'Keefe, and commissioned on 6 September 1997 at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay at Kings ...
In March 2016, the U.S. Navy announced that General Dynamics Electric Boat was chosen as the prime contractor and lead design yard. Electric Boat will carry out the majority of the work, on all 12 submarines, including final assembly. All 18 Ohio-class submarines were built at Electric Boat as well.
Arizona (SSN-803), a Block V Virginia -class submarine, will be the fourth United States Navy vessel named for the state of Arizona, and the first vessel to carry the name since the loss of the USS Arizona (BB-39) during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, which pulled the US into World War II. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas ...
140 enlisted [1] [2] Armament. MK-48 torpedoes. 20 × Trident II D-5 ballistic missiles. USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) is a United States Navy Ohio -class ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1988. She is the fourth ship and first submarine of the U.S. Navy to be named for Tennessee, the 16th state.