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General Dynamics Electric Boat[2] (GDEB) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for more than 100 years. The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and a design ...
Sep. 30—GROTON — Electric Boat and a labor union that represents thousands of shipyard workers have tentatively agreed to a new five-year contract. In a joint statement released Friday night ...
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]
12 VPT tubes for BGM-109 Tomahawk, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes. USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795), is a Virginia -class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy and the second such boat commemorating Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear navy. [5] The boat's sponsor is Darleen Greenert ...
Aug. 12—GROTON — Dylan Johnson, a software engineer at Electric Boat, and his colleagues didn't have to go far to enjoy the summer weather and a short lunch break on Tuesday. They stepped ...
On 5 October 2019, Mrs Richardson christened Oregon at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. [5] The ship was commissioned on 28 May 2022 at Naval Submarine Base New London. [3] A contract modification for Oregon SSN-793, Montana (SSN-794), and Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) was initially awarded to Electric Boat for US$594.7 million
Deep Submergence Vessel NR-1 was a unique United States Navy (USN) nuclear-powered ocean engineering and research submarine, built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics at Groton, Connecticut. NR-1 was launched on 25 January 1969, completed initial sea trials 19 August 1969, and was home-ported at Naval Submarine Base New London.
The keel of USS Barb was laid down on 7 June 1941 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut.She was launched on 2 April 1942 (sponsored by Mrs. Charles A. Dunn, wife of Rear Admiral Dunn), and commissioned on 8 July 1942.