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Electric Boat is a subsidiary of General Dynamics that builds submarines for the US Navy. It has a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and a design and engineering facility in New London, Connecticut.
USS Idaho is a Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine named after the state of Idaho. It was launched in August 2024 and is expected to be commissioned in 2025.
The Virginia class is a nuclear-powered attack submarine class in service with the US Navy and planned for the Royal Australian Navy. It is designed to replace the Los Angeles class and has a broad range of missions, including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering.
A Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy, commissioned in 2023. The boat is named after Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear navy, and has a sponsor named Darleen Greenert.
Learn about the latest class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy, built by BAE Systems Submarines at Barrow-in-Furness. Find out their history, design, features, armament, and operational status.
Learn about the life and achievements of Hyman G. Rickover, the admiral who directed the development of naval nuclear propulsion and oversaw the first commercial nuclear power plant. Find out his background, education, awards, and legacy as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy".
General Dynamics is a Fortune 100 company that produces aircraft, submarines, tanks, and other military equipment. It was formed in 1952 by the merger of Electric Boat and Canadair, and has subsidiaries in 45 countries.
NR-1 was a unique nuclear-powered ocean engineering and research submarine that performed underwater search and recovery, oceanographic research, and installation and maintenance of underwater equipment. It was the smallest nuclear submarine ever put into operation and had the capability to remain submerged for long periods of time.