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[98] The Navy's official investigation of General Dynamics' Electric Boat division was ended shortly afterward. According to Theodore Rockwell, Rickover's Technical Director for more than 15 years, more than one source at that time stated that General Dynamics officials were bragging around Washington that they had "gotten Rickover." [99]
Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1961 by General Dynamics Electric Boat of Groton, Connecticut. On 10 April 1963, Thresher, the lead ship of Greenling's class, was lost due to severe design flaws in her non-nuclear piping systems.
Holland Boat No. IV: Namesake: John Philip Holland: Builder: John Philip Holland: Launched: September 4, 1885: Fate: Sold for scrap after testing at the end of 1886: Notes: Wooden hull with iron supports: General characteristics; Type: Submarine: Length: 50 ft (15 m) Beam: 8 ft (2.4 m) Propulsion: 1 × 4 hp (3 kW) Brayton petroleum engine; 1 ...
In 1946, the Electric Boat Company, an American industrial group, bought a controlling interest in the company; shortly thereafter, the two companies merged to form the American company General Dynamics in 1952. During 1954, General Dynamics opted to purchase Convair, which had been created by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee ...
The contract to build Jimmy Carter was to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 29 June 1996, and her keel was laid on 5 December 1998. Original schedules called for Jimmy Carter to be commissioned in late 2001 or early 2002.
The shipyard traces its beginnings back to 1882, when Thomas A. Watson purchased a farm alongside the Fore River in East Braintree, Massachusetts.In 1884, Watson attempted to farm the land, but soon realizing that it was a failure, decided to work on a steam engine after he was approached by a local businessman.
The keel laying ceremony for the submarine took place 17 August 2023 at the Quonset Point Facility of General Dynamics Electric Boat in North Kingstown, Rhode Island and the sponsor is Mimi Donnelly, wife of the retired American submarine officer Vice admiral John J. Donnelly. [2]
In 1998 General Dynamics bought NASSCO in a $415 million deal. [18] On October 31, 2011, General Dynamics-NASSCO acquired Metro Machine Corp, a surface-ship repair company in Norfolk, Virginia, and renamed it NASSCO-Norfolk. [19] The company had been conducting ship repairs and conversions for the U.S. Navy since 1972.