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2. Asherah (submarine) - Wikipedia

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   The two-person submarine was commissioned in 1963, built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, and launched on May 28, 1964. Asherah was 16 feet long, weighed 4.5 tons, and could move at up to 4 knots, powered by rechargeable batteries. She could dive to a depth of 600 feet (180 m).

3. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Nicholas Chabraja - Wikipedia

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   Under his management, General Dynamics grew rapidly, mainly through acquisitions: from $4 billion in sales and 29,000 employees to $29.3 billion in sales and 92,900 employees in 2008. [4]

5. General Dynamics Mission Systems - Wikipedia

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   General Dynamics is the Army's prime contractor for WIN-T, [15] which is part of General Dynamics Mission Systems' tactical voice and data communications systems, The Soldier's Network. [16] Increment 1, now fully deployed, began fielding in 2004 and completed fielding in 2012. [ 17 ]

6. SSN (X)-class submarine - Wikipedia

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   General Dynamics Electric Boat (expected) Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding (expected) Operators United States Navy: Preceded by: Virginia class: Cost: $5.6 billion to $7.2 billion per unit: Built: 2034 (planned) In service: 2042 (planned) General characteristics (conceptual) Type: Nuclear attack submarine: Propulsion ...

7. USS Boston (SSN-703) - Wikipedia

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   The contract to build Boston was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10 December 1973 and her keel was laid down on 11 August 1978. She was launched on 19 April 1980 sponsored by Mrs. Karen Dane Hidalgo (née Jernstedt), wife of the Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo , and ...

8. USS Columbia (SSN-771) - Wikipedia

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   The contract to build Columbia was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 14 December 1988 and her keel was laid down on 21 April 1993. She was the 33rd Los Angeles -class boat built by Electric Boat, and was launched on 24 September 1994 with the slide down a 1,300-foot wooden ramp, the ...

9. Electric boat - Wikipedia

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   An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators. [ 1 ] While a significant majority of water vessels are powered by diesel engines , with sail power and gasoline engines also popular, boats powered by electricity have been used for over 120 years.