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2. USS Darter (SS-576) - Wikipedia

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   8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, (six forward, two aft) USS Darter (SS-576), a unique submarine based on the Tang class, but incorporating many improvements, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter, a type of small American fresh-water fish. The contract to build Darter was awarded to the Electric Boat ...

3. John Philip Holland - Wikipedia

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   Sources. John Philip Holland, Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998 International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 86 under General Dynamics/Electric Boat Corporation, July 2007, St. James Press/Thomposon Gale Group, pp. 136–139

4. History of Boeing - Wikipedia

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   In 1909, William E. Boeing, a wealthy lumber entrepreneur who studied at Yale University, became fascinated with airplanes after seeing one at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. In 1910 he bought the Heath Shipyard, a wooden boat manufacturing facility at the mouth of the Duwamish River, which would become his first airplane ...

5. USS Triton (SSRN-586) - Wikipedia

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   USS Triton (SSRN/SSN-586), the only member of her class, was a nuclear powered radar picket submarine in the United States Navy. She had the distinction of being the only Western submarine powered by two nuclear reactors. Triton was the second submarine and the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the Greek god Triton (the ...

6. USS Seawolf (SSN-21) - Wikipedia

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   The contract to build Seawolf was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics on 9 January 1989 and her keel was laid down on 25 October 1989. She was launched on 24 June 1995, sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Dalton, and commissioned on 19 July 1997. The 7-year 9-month time period from keel laying to commissioning is the longest for a ...

7. Electric Boat Company - Wikipedia

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   View history; General What links here; Related changes; Upload file; Special pages; Permanent link; ... General Dynamics Electric Boat; Retrieved from "https: ...

8. Aluminaut - Wikipedia

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   Aluminaut (built in 1964) was the world's first aluminum submarine. An experimental vessel, the 80-ton, 15.5-metre (51 ft) crewed deep-ocean research submersible was built by Reynolds Metals Company, which was seeking to promote the utility of aluminum. Aluminaut was based in Miami, Florida, and was operated from 1964 to 1970 by Reynolds ...

9. USS Utah (SSN-801) - Wikipedia

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   The Navy specifically selected boat number "801" to be named Utah, even jumping over some other as-yet-unnamed boats, as 801 is the telephone area code for Utah's capital, Salt Lake City. The keel laying ceremony took place 1 September 2021 at the Groton Facility of General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut.