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Hyman G. Rickover (January 27, 1900 [3] – July 8, 1986) was an admiral in the United States Navy.He directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office.
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.
Prototype single piston engine flying boat Grumman AF Guardian: 1945 389 Single piston engine anti-submarine warfare airplane Grumman G-73 Mallard: 1946 59 Twin piston engine flying boat Grumman HU-16 Albatross: 1947 466 Twin piston engine flying boat Grumman F9F Panther: 1947 1,382 Single jet engine naval fighter Grumman F9F-6 Cougar: 1951 1,988
The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three United States Navy guided-missile destroyers designed as multi-mission stealth ships with a focus on land attack. The class was designed with a primary role of naval gunfire support and secondary roles of surface warfare and anti-aircraft warfare.
The contract for the construction of Louisiana was awarded on 19 December 1990 and her keel was laid down at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, on 23 October 1992. She was launched on 27 July 1996, sponsored by Patricia O'Keefe, and commissioned on 6 September 1997 at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay at Kings ...
Nearly 400 Elco PT boats were produced for the U.S. Navy. After experimentation, the first PT boat built in any quantity was the 73-foot type. Later 77-foot and 80-foot types were built. More 80-foot Elco boats were built than any other type of US motor torpedo boat. [18] Lt (jg). Kennedy (right) with crew of PT-109
General Dynamics Electric Boat: United States of America: Groton, Connecticut: Graving Dock № 2 205.7 27.7 10.7 * * * [102] Graving Dock № 1 170.0 19.8
Ship's boat: For DGzRS, ship's boat of Berlin [53] 9 July United States: Chesapeake Shipbuilding: Salisbury, Maryland: American Constellation: river cruise ship For American Cruise Line [54] 15 July Finland: Meyer Turku Shipyard: Turku, Finland: Megastar: LNG-powered RoRo-ferry: For Tallink [55] 16 July United States: General Dynamics NASSCO ...