General Dynamics Electric Boat (usually abbreviated as Electric Boat), a division of General Dynamics Corporation, is a major builder of submarines for the United States Navy. General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter Typhoon class nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate... USN redirects here. ...

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 Providence Largest city Providence Area  Ranked 50th  - Total 1,214* sq mi (3,144* km²)  - Width 37 miles (60 km)  - Length 48 miles (77 km)  - % water 32. ...

The company was founded in 1899 by Isaac Rice as the Electric Boat Company to build John Philip Holland's submersible design. During World War I, the company and its subsidiaries built 85 submarines and 722 submarine chasers for the U.S. Navy. After the war the Navy did not order another submarine until 1934. In World War II, 74 submarines were launched. Isaac Leopold Rice (1850–1915) was an American chess player, chess patron, and chess author. ... John Philip Holland (Irish: Seán Ó Maolchalann) (24 February 1841–12 August 1914) was an engineer who developed the first submarine accepted by the U.S. Navy (though not the first American submarine, see American Civil War submarines, and the earlier Nautilus and Turtle) and the first ever Royal Navy... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... A submarine chaser is a small and fast naval vessel specially intended for anti-submarine warfare. ... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33...

The firm renamed itself to General Dynamics Corporation in 1952, and when Convair was acquired the next year, the holding company assumed the "General Dynamics" name, with the submarine building operation retaining the "Electric Boat" name.^[1] Eventually, the submarine division relabeled itself as "General Dynamics Electric Boat." General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures. ... The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, universally known as Convair, was the result of a 1943 merger between Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft, resulting in a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States. ...

Electric Boat built 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. ... Year 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. ... Year 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 nuclear triad of the United States strategic deterrent forces 4 nuclear-powered SSGNs, each armed with... 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. ... This article is about the SSN-21 class submarines. ... 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 around the world. ...

In 2002, Electric Boat conducted preservation work on Nautilus, preparing her for her berth at the U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library in Groton, Connecticut, where she now resides as a valuable addition to the collection there. Waterfront of Groton, Connecticut looking upriver Groton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. ...

Electric Boat was at a time in the business of performing overhaul and repair work on fast attack class ships. Ships that were already built would return to Electric Boats Graving Docks for needed repairs. Now most of the work done in the ship yard is focused on the new construction of Virginia Class ships.

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