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The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 21 March 1986, and her keel was laid down on 29 January 1990. She was launched on 4 January 1992 sponsored by Lynn Martin , and commissioned on 9 January 1993.
In 1999, General Dynamics purchased Gulfstream, [7] and it opened a $5.5 million aircraft refurbishment and completions support facility in Savannah in 2000. In 2001, it acquired Galaxy Aerospace and with it, the mid-size Astra SPX and super mid-size Galaxy, which were later rebranded the Gulfstream G100 and Gulfstream G200 , respectively. [ 1 ]
General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, CT 27 August 2004 17 June 2006 5 May 2007 In service [141] North Carolina: SSN-777 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA 22 May 2004 5 May 2007 3 May 2008 In service [142] New Hampshire: SSN-778 II General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, CT 14 August 2003 30 April 2007 21 February 2008 25 October ...
USS Omaha (SSN-692), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Omaha, Nebraska.The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 27 January 1973.
The keel laying ceremony took place 24 August 2020 at the Quonset Point Facility of General Dynamics Electric Boat in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. [5] Idaho is projected to cost around $2.6 billion dollars and to be commissioned in 2025.
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.
In the 20th century the company manufactured electric motors and generators for numerous submarines built by Electric Boat as well as naval and civilian boats built by Elco. 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]
Under an innovative agreement, Newport News Shipbuilding is producing these submarines as part of a teaming agreement with General Dynamics Electric Boat. [24] Prior to the Virginia-class, Newport News Shipbuilding designed the Los Angeles-class submarines and constructed 29 of the 62 boats built. [24]