Electric Boat, a division of General Dynamics Corporation, is a major contractor for submarine work for the United States Navy. General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures. ... A defense contractor (sometimes called a military contractor) is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a defense department of a government. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ...

The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, and a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Waterfront of Groton, Connecticut looking upriver Groton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. ... Quonset Point is a small peninsula in Narragansett Bay. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Providence Providence Area  Ranked 50th  - Total 1,214 sq. ...

The company was founded in 1899 by Isaac Rice to build the submersible design of John Philip Holland. During WW I the company and its subsidiaries built 85 submarines and 722 submarine chasers for the US Navy. After the war the Navy did not order another submarine until 1934. In World War II, 74 submarines and almost 400 PT Boats were launched. Isaac Leopold Rice (1850–1915) was an American chess player, chess patron, and chess author. ... John Philip Holland (February 24, 1841 - August 12, 1914) was the African-American engineer who developed the first true submarine accepted by the U.S. Navy. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... A submarine chaser is a small and fast naval vessel specially intended for anti-submarine warfare. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... PT boats in line PT658 underway September 2005 A PT boat was a motor torpedo boat (hull classification symbol PT, for Patrol Torpedo), a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. ...

After the war, the company had a major role in the construction of modern submarines. Built by Electric Boat were the first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, which was launched in 1954, and the first ballistic-missile submarine, George Washington, in 1959, amongst others. Submarines of the Ohio-, Los Angeles-, Seawolf- and Virginia-class submarines were also constructed by Electric Boat. A nuclear power station. ... For other ships named Nautilus, see USS Nautilus and Ships named Nautilus USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the worlds first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first vessel to complete a submerged transit across the North Pole. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Polish missile wz. ... USS George Washington (SSBN-598), the lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for George Washington, first President of the United States. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States has 18 Ohio class submarines: 14 nuclear-powered SSBNs, each armed with 24 Trident II SLBMs; they are also known as Trident submarines, and provide the sea-based leg of the triad of the United States strategic deterrent forces 4 nuclear-powered SSGNs, each armed with 154... The Los Angeles-class attack submarines (SSN) are the most numerous class of nuclear powered submarines built by any nation, and form the bulk of the U.S. attack submarine force as of 2004. ... // Seawolf (SSN-575) class The second nuclear-powered submarine, USS Seawolf (SSN-575), which served from the early 1950s through 1987, was unique, and so can be considered the lead boat of the Seawolf (SSN-575) class. Since she had no sister ships, however, there is no distinction between information... The Virginia class (or SSN-774 class) of attack submarines are the first U.S. subs to be designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions. ...

Electric Boat also did preservation work on Nautilus, preparing her for her berth at Groton's Submarine Force Library and Museum where she now serves as a museum of submarine history.

See also

• General Dynamics

General Dynamics NYSE: GD is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2005 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world [2]. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. ...

External links

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