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Learn about the history and products of Electric Boat, a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation and the primary builder of submarines for the US Navy. Find out how Electric Boat designed and constructed the first nuclear submarine, the first ballistic missile submarine, and the Virginia-class submarines.
NR-1 was a unique nuclear-powered ocean engineering and research submarine that performed underwater search and recovery, oceanographic research, and installation and maintenance of underwater equipment. It was the smallest nuclear submarine ever put into operation and had the capability to remain submerged for long periods of time.
Learn about the latest class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy, built by BAE Systems Submarines at Barrow-in-Furness. Find out their history, design, features, armament, and operational status.
Delivered this April, the ship will be the 23rd Virginia-class submarine co-produced by the General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII-Newport News Shipbuilding over the past 25 years for the Navy's ...
USS Idaho is a Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine named after the state of Idaho. It was launched in August 2024 and is expected to be commissioned in 2025.
USS John H. Dalton is a planned nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine for the U.S. Navy, named after John Howard Dalton, a former submariner and Secretary of the Navy. She will be the first U.S. Naval vessel with the hull number SSN-808 and will have 40 VLS tubes for Tomahawk missiles.
USS Massachusetts is a Virginia-class nuclear powered attack submarine being built for the U.S. Navy. She is 377 ft long, has a displacement of 7,800 tons, and will be commissioned in Boston in 2025.
The company retained this function as a division of General Dynamics Corporation when that company was formed by a reorganization of Electric Boat in 1952. [2] The company was dissolved in 2000 and its functions were relocated to Electric Boat's main facility in Groton, Connecticut. [3] [4]