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General Dynamics Electric Boat

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General Dynamics Electric Boat
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1899; 125 years ago (1899)
FounderIsaac Rice
Headquarters
Groton, Connecticut
,
U.S.
Key people
Kevin Graney (president)
Number of employees
14,000+[1]
ParentGeneral Dynamics
Websitewww.gdeb.com

General Dynamics Electric Boat[2] (GDEB) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for more than 100 years. The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and a design and engineering facility in New London, Connecticut.

History

The company was founded in 1899 by Isaac Rice as the Electric Boat Company to build John Philip Holland's submersible ship designs, which were developed at Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Holland VI was the first submarine that this shipyard built, which became USS Holland when it was commissioned into the United States Navy on April 11, 1900—the first submarine to be officially commissioned.[3] The success of Holland VI created a demand for follow-up models (A class or Plunger class) that began with the prototype submersible Fulton built at Electric Boat. Some foreign navies were interested in Holland's latest submarine designs, and so purchased the rights to build them under licensing contracts through the company; these included the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Imperial Russian Navy, and the Royal Netherlands Navy.[citation needed]

From 1907 to 1925 Electric Boat designed submarines for the US Navy and subcontracted their construction to the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts and other shipyards. During this era, the company designed submarines of the B, C, D, E, K, L, M, N, AA-1, O, R, and S classes.

During the World War I era, the company and its subsidiaries (notably the Electric Launch Company, or Elco) built 85 submarines via subcontractors and 722 submarine chasers for the US Navy, and 580 80-foot motor launches for the British Royal Navy.[4]

Interwar

After the war, the US Navy did not order another submarine from Electric Boat until Cuttlefish in 1931.[5] Cuttlefish was the first submarine built at EB's plant in Groton, Connecticut which has been its primary submarine manufacturing facility ever since. EB was the lead yard for several classes of submarines (Perch, Salmon, Sargo, Tambor, Gar, Mackerel and Gato) prior to World War II.

Starting in the early 1930s, EB was one of only two major US submarine manufacturers (the other being the Portsmouth Navy Yard) until the late 1950s. Three other yards (Manitowoc, Mare Island, and Cramp) produced submarines only during World War II. Several other yards (New York Shipbuilding, Ingalls and Fore River Shipyard) as well as Mare Island built submarines in the late 1950s through the early 1970s. Since 1974, only Electric Boat and Newport News have built submarines for the US Navy.

World War II

During World War II, the company built 74 submarines at the Groton plant, while Elco built nearly 400 PT boats,[6] and Electric Boat ranked 77th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.[7]

Post war

In 1952, Electric Boat was reorganized as General Dynamics Corporation under John Jay Hopkins. General Dynamics acquired Convair the following year, and the holding company assumed the "General Dynamics" name while the submarine-building operation reverted to the "Electric Boat" name.[8]

Electric Boat built the first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, which was launched in January 1954, and the first ballistic missile submarine, USS George Washington, in 1959. Submarines of the Ohio, Los Angeles, Seawolf, and Virginia classes were also constructed by Electric Boat. In 2002, EB conducted preservation work on Nautilus, preparing her for her berth at the US Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton, Connecticut where she now resides as a museum. Electric Boat's first submarine, Holland, was scrapped in 1932.[citation needed]

From the mid-1970s to the present, EB has been one of only two submarine manufacturers in the United States, with the other being Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.

In April 2014, EB was awarded a $17.8 billion contract with Naval Sea Systems Command for ten Block IV Virginia-class attack submarines. It is the largest single shipbuilding contract in the service's history. The company builds the submarine along with Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding. The boats of Block IV Virginias will cost less than Block III, as Electric Boat reduced the cost of the submarines by increasing efficiency in the construction process. The submarines of this type will build on the improvements to allow them to spend less time in the yard.[9] In 2019 EB received a contract with Naval Sea Systems Command to begin procuring materials for the Block V variant of the Virginia-class. This upgrade brings the Virginia payload module, which enables Tomahawk missiles to be carried by the submarine.[10]

1980s structural welding defect cover up

In the early 1980s, structural welding defects had been covered up by falsified inspection records, and this led to significant delays and expenses in the delivery of several submarines being built at Electric Boat's shipyard. In some cases, the repairs resulted in practically dismantling and then rebuilding what had been a nearly completed submarine. The yard tried to pass the vast cost overruns directly on to the Navy, while Admiral Hyman G. Rickover demanded from Electric Boat's general manager P. Takis Veliotis that the yard make good on its "shoddy" workmanship.[citation needed]

The Navy eventually settled with General Dynamics in 1981, paying out $634 million of $843 million in Los Angeles-class submarines cost-overrun and reconstruction claims. As it happened, the Navy was also the yard's insurer, liable to compensate the company for losses and other mishaps. The concept of reimbursing General Dynamics under these conditions was initially considered "preposterous," in the words of Secretary of the Navy John Lehman, but the eventual legal basis of General Dynamics' reimbursement claims to the Navy for the company's poor workmanship included insurance compensation.[11][12] Veliotis was subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury under racketeering and fraud charges in 1983 for demanding $1.3 million in kickbacks from a subcontractor. He escaped into exile and a life of luxury in his native Greece, where he remained a fugitive from justice.[13][14]

Submarines built

This is a list of submarines built at Electric Boat's Groton plant and does not include earlier submarines built by other companies under contract to Electric Boat.

General Dynamics Electric Boat built every unique US Navy submarine after 1931, excepting Halibut (SSGN-587) and the purely experimental Albacore (AGSS-569) and Dolphin (AGSS-555).

General Dynamics Electric Boat built at least one unit of every class of serially-produced US Navy submarines after 1931, excepting the Grayback and Barbel classes.

Cachalot class

EB built 1 of 2 total in the class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
CuttlefishSS-171diesel-electric8 June 1934[15]Sold for breaking up, 12 February 1947[15]
Porpoise class

5 of 10 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
SharkSS-174diesel-electric25 January 1936[15]Probably sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze east of Manado, 11 February 1942[16]
TarponSS-175diesel-electric12 March 1936[15]Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957;[15] foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957[16]
PerchSS-176diesel-electric19 November 1936[15]Scuttled in the Java Sea on 3 March 1942 after being damaged by Japanese destroyers[16]
PickerelSS-177diesel-electric26 January 1937[15]Sunk by Japanese vessels north of Honshū on 3 April 1943[16]
PermitSS-178diesel-electric17 March 1937[15]Sold for scrap on 28 June 1958[15]
Salmon class

3 of 6 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
SalmonSS-182composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric15 March 1938[15]Constructive loss due to battle damage; broken up for scrap, 1946[15]
SealSS-183composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric30 April 1938[15]Sold for scrap, 6 May 1957[15]
SkipjackSS-184composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric30 June 1938[15]Sunk in Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test, 25 July 1946; raised 2 September 1946; sunk as a target off southern California, 11 August 1948[15][16]
Sargo class

5 of 10 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
SargoSS-188composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric7 February 1939[15]Sold for scrap, 19 May 1947[15]
SaurySS-189composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric3 April 1939[15]Sold for scrap, 19 May 1947[15]
SpearfishSS-190composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric19 July 1939[15]Sold for scrap, 19 May 1947[15]
SeadragonSS-194diesel-electric23 October 1939[15]Sold for scrap, 2 July 1948[15]
SealionSS-195diesel-electric27 November 1939[15]Scuttled at Cavite on 25 December 1941 after being damaged by Japanese aircraft on 10 December 1941[16]
Tambor class

6 of 12 total in class, all diesel-electric

NameHull numberCommissionedStatus
TamborSS-1983 June 1940[15]Sold for scrap, 5 December 1959[15]
TautogSS-1993 July 1940[15]Sold for scrap, 1 July 1960[15]
ThresherSS-20027 August 1940[15]Sold for scrap, 18 March 1948[15]
GarSS-20614 April 1941[15]Sold for scrap, 11 December 1959[15]
GrampusSS-20723 May 1941[15]Possibly sunk by Japanese destroyers in Blackett Strait, 5 March 1943[16]
GraybackSS-20830 June 1941[15]Sunk by Japanese aircraft south of Okinawa, 27 February 1944[16]
Mackerel class

1 of 2 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
MackerelSS-204diesel-electric31 March 1941[15]Sold for scrap, 24 April 1947[15]
Gato class

41 of 77 total in class, all diesel-electric

NameHull numberCommissionedStatus
GatoSS-21231 December 1941[15]Sold for scrap, 25 July 1960[16]
GreenlingSS-21321 January 1942[15]Sold for scrap, 21 June 1960[16]
GrouperSS-21412 February 1942[15]Sold for scrap, 11 August 1970[16]
GrowlerSS-21520 March 1942[15]Sunk by Japanese vessels west of the Philippines, 8 November 1944[16]
GrunionSS-21611 April 1942[15]Sunk off of Kiska around 30 July 1942, cause unknown[16]
GuardfishSS-2178 May 1942[15]Sunk as a target off Block Island, 10 October 1961[16]
AlbacoreSS-2181 June 1942[15]Probably mined off of northern Hokkaidō, 7 November 1944[16]
AmberjackSS-21919 June 1942[15]Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and SC-18 off Rabaul, 16 February 1943[16]
BarbSS-2208 July 1942[15]Transferred to Italy on 13 December 1954[16]
BlackfishSS-22122 July 1942[15]Sold for scrap on 4 May 1959[16]
BluefishSS-22224 May 1943[15]Sold for scrap, 8 June 1960[16]
BonefishSS-22331 May 1943[15]Sunk by Japanese vessels in Toyama Wan, Honshū, 18 June 1945[16]
CodSS-22421 June 1943[15]Museum ship currently moored in Cleveland, Ohio's North Coast Harbor at the USS Cod Submarine Memorial since 1 May 1976.[16]
CeroSS-2254 July 1943[15]Sold for scrap, October 1970[16]
CorvinaSS-2266 August 1943[15]Sunk by Japanese submarine I-176 south of Truk Lagoon, 16 November 1943[16]
DarterSS-2277 September 1943[15]Grounded in the Palawan Strait and scuttled on 24 October 1944[16]
AnglerSS-2401 October 1943[15]Sold for scrap, 1 February 1974[16]
BashawSS-24125 October 1943[15]Sold for scrap, 1 July 1972[16]
BluegillSS-24211 November 1943[15]Scuttled as a trainer off Hawaii, 3 December 1970[16]
BreamSS-24324 January 1944[15]Sunk as a target off California, 7 November 1969[16]
CavallaSS-24429 February 1944[15]Museum ship at Galveston, Texas as of 21 January 1971[16]
CobiaSS-24529 March 1944[15]Memorial at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 17 August 1970[16]
CroakerSS-24621 April 1944[15]Museum ship at Groton, Connecticut on 27 June 1976[16]
DaceSS-24723 July 1943[15]Converted to GUPPY IB and transferred to Italy,[15] 31 January 1955[16]
DoradoSS-24828 August 1943[15]Sunk, off Panama on 12 October 1943[16]
FlasherSS-24925 September 1943[15]Sold for scrap 8 June 1963, conning tower is a memorial at Groton, Connecticut[15]
FlierSS-25018 October 1943[15]Mined in the Balabac Strait, 13 August 1944[16]
FlounderSS-25129 November 1943[15]Decommissioned 2 February 1960[15]
GabilanSS-25228 December 1943[15]Sold for scrap, 11 January 1960[15]
GunnelSS-25320 August 1942[15]Sold for scrap, December 1959[15]
GurnardSS-25418 September 1942[15]Sold for scrap, 29 October 1961[16]
HaddoSS-2559 October 1942[15]Sold for scrap, 4 May 1959[15]
HakeSS-25630 October 1942[15]Sold for scrap, 5 December 1972[15]
HarderSS-2572 December 1942[15]Sunk by enemy vessels off Dasol Bay, Luzon, 24 August 1944[16]|-
HoeSS-25816 December 1942[15]Sold for scrap, 10 September 1960[15]
JackSS-2596 January 1943[15]Transferred to Greece, 21 April 1958[16]
LaponSS-26023 January 1943[15]Transferred to Greece, 10 August 1957[16]
MingoSS-26112 February 1943[15]Transferred to Japan unmodified, 15 August 1955[15]
MuskallungeSS-26215 March 1943[15]Transferred to Brazil unmodified, 18 January 1957[15]
PaddleSS-26329 March 1943[15]Transferred to Brazil unmodified, 18 January 1957[15]
PargoSS-26426 April 1943[15]Sold for scrap, 16 May 1961[15]
Balao class

40 of 120 total in class, all diesel-electric

NameHull numberCommissionedStatus
PerchSS-3137 January 1944[15]Sold for scrap, 15 January 1973[15]
SharkSS-31414 February 1944Sunk by Harukaze 24 October 1944.
SealionSS-3158 March 1944Sunk as target 8 July 1978.
BarbelSS-3163 April 1944Sunk by Japanese aircraft 4 February 1945.
BarberoSS-31729 April 1944Sunk as target 7 October 1964.
BayaSS-31820 May 1944Sold for scrap, 12 October 1973.
BecunaSS-31927 May 1944Museum ship at Philadelphia, 21 June 1976.
BergallSS-32012 June 1944Transferred to Turkey 18 October 1958, sold to Turkey 15 February 1973.
BesugoSS-32119 June 1944Transferred to Italy, 31 May 1966. Returned for scrapping, 20 June 1977.
BlackfinSS-3224 July 1944Sunk as target 13 May 1973.
CaimanSS-32317 July 1944Transferred to Turkey, 30 June 1972.
BlennySS-32427 June 1944Scuttled off Ocean City, Maryland, 7 June 1989.
BlowerSS-32510 August 1944Transferred to Turkey, 16 November 1950.
BluebackSS-32628 August 1944Transferred to Turkey, 2 May 1948.
BoarfishSS-32728 August 1944Transferred to Turkey, 23 May 1948. Returned for scrapping, 1 January 1974.
CharrSS-32823 September 1944Sold for scrap, 17 August 1972.
ChubSS-32921 October 1944Transferred to Turkey, 25 May 1948. Ultimately returned to US custody and scrapped.
BrillSS-33026 October 1944Transferred to Turkey, 25 May 1948.
BugaraSS-33115 November 1944Foundered while under tow, 1 June 1971.
BullheadSS-3324 December 1944Sunk by Japanese aircraft, 6 August 1945.
BumperSS-3339 December 1944Transferred to Turkey, 16 November 1950
CabezonSS-33430 December 1944Sold for scrap, 28 December 1971.
DentudaSS-33530 December 1944Sold for scrap, 12 February 1969.
CapitaineSS-33626 January 1945Transferred to Italy, 5 March 1966. Sold to Italy, 5 December 1977, and disposed of.
CarboneroSS-3377 February 1945Sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, 27 April 1975.
CarpSS-33828 February 1945Sold for scrap, 26 July 1973.
CatfishSS-33919 March 1945Transferred to Argentina, 1 July 1971.
EntemedorSS-3406 April 1945Transferred to Turkey, on 31 July 1972; sold to Turkey, on 1 August 1973.
ChivoSS-34128 April 1945Transferred to Argentina, 1 July 1971.
ChopperSS-34225 May 1945Sank off Cape Hatteras, 21 July 1976, while being rigged as a tethered underwater target.
ClamagoreSS-34328 June 1945Museum in Charleston SC; scrapped summer 2022
CobblerSS-3448 August 1945Transferred to Turkey, 21 November 1973.
CochinoSS-34525 August 1945Sunk by battery explosion and fire off Norway, 26 August 1949.
CorporalSS-3469 November 1945Transferred to Turkey, 21 November 1973.
CuberaSS-34719 December 1945Transferred to Venezuela, 5 January 1972.
CuskSS-3485 February 1946Sold for scrap, 26 June 1972.
DiodonSS-34918 March 1946Sold for scrap, 12 May 1972.
DogfishSS-35029 April 1946Sold to Brazil, 28 July 1972.
GreenfishSS-3517 June 1946Transferred to Brazil, 19 December 1973.
HalfbeakSS-35222 July 1946Sold for scrap, 13 June 1972.
Tench class

1 of 29 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
CorsairSS-435diesel-electric8 November 1946Sold for scrap, 8 November 1963.
Barracuda class

1 of 3 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
BarracudaSSK-1diesel-electric10 November 1951Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974.
Tang class

3 of 6 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
TriggerSS-564diesel-electric31 March 1952Transferred to Italy on 10 July 1973. Decommissioned in 1986.
TroutSS-566diesel-electric27 June 1952Transferred to Iran 19 December 1978; Scrapped 27 February 2009.
HarderSS-568diesel-electric19 August 1952Sold to Italy, 1974. Decommissioned and scrapped in 1988.
Nautilus class

Unique submarine

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
NautilusSSN-571nuclear-electric30 September 1954Museum ship since 20 May 1982 as part of the Submarine Force Library and museum.
T-1 class

1 of 2 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
MackerelSST-1diesel-electric9 October 1953Sunk as target 18 October 1978.
Darter class

Unique submarine

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
DarterSS-576diesel-electric20 October 1956Sunk as a target, 7 January 1992.
Seawolf class

Unique submarine

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
SeawolfSSN-575nuclear-electric30 March 1957Disposed of by submarine recycling 30 September 1997.
Skate class

1 of 4 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
SkateSSN-578nuclear-electric23 December 1957Disposed of by submarine recycling 6 March 1995.
Skipjack class

2 of 6 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
SkipjackSSN-585nuclear-electric15 April 1959Disposed of by submarine recycling 1 September 1998.
ScorpionSSN-589nuclear-electric29 July 1960Lost with a crew of 99 on 22 May 1968; cause of sinking unknown.
Triton class

Unique submarine

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
TritonSSRN-586nuclear-electric10 November 1959Disposed of by submarine recycling 30 November 2009.
Thresher/Permit class

3 of 14 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
FlasherSSN-613nuclear-electric22 July 1966Disposed of by submarine recycling 11 May 1994.
GreenlingSSN-614nuclear-electric3 November 1967Disposed of by submarine recycling 30 September 1994.
GatoSSN-615nuclear-electric25 January 1968Disposed of by submarine recycling.
Tullibee class

Unique submarine

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
TullibeeSSN-597nuclear-electric9 November 1960Entered submarine recycling 5 January 1995
George Washington class

2 of 5 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
George WashingtonSSBN-598nuclear-electric30 December 1959Disposed of through submarine recycling, 1998
Patrick HenrySSBN-599nuclear-electric11 April 1960Disposed of through submarine recycling, 1997
Ethan Allen class

2 of 5 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
Ethan AllenSSBN-608nuclear-electric8 August 1961Disposed of through submarine recycling, 1999
Thomas A. EdisonSSBN-610nuclear-electric10 March 1962Disposed of through submarine recycling, 1997
Lafayette class

4 of 9 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
LafayetteSSBN-616nuclear-electric23 April 1963Disposed of by submarine recycling 25 February 1992.
Alexander HamiltonSSBN-617nuclear-electric27 June 1963Disposed of by submarine recycling 28 February 1994.
Nathan HaleSSBN-623nuclear-electric12 November 1963Disposed of by submarine recycling 5 April 1994.
Daniel WebsterSSBN-626nuclear-electric9 April 1964Became moored training ship MTS-626.
James Madison class

3 of 10 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
TecumsehSSBN-628nuclear-electric29 May 1964Disposed of by submarine recycling 1 April 1994.
Ulysses S. GrantSSBN-631nuclear-electric17 July 1964Disposed of by submarine recycling 23 October 1993.
Casimir PulaskiSSBN-633nuclear-electric14 August 1964Disposed of by submarine recycling 21 October 1994.
Sturgeon class

11 of 37 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
SturgeonSSN-637nuclear-electric3 March 1967Disposed of by submarine recycling 11 December 1995.
PargoSSN-650nuclear-electric5 January 1968Disposed of by submarine recycling 15 October 1996.
BergallSSN-667nuclear-electric13 June 1969Disposed of by submarine recycling 29 September 1997.
SeahorseSSN-669nuclear-electric19 September 1969Disposed of by submarine recycling 30 September 1996.
Flying FishSSN-673nuclear-electric29 April 1970Disposed of by submarine recycling 16 October 1996.
TrepangSSN-674nuclear-electric14 August 1970Disposed of by submarine recycling 17 April 2000.
BluefishSSN-675nuclear-electric8 January 1971Disposed of by submarine recycling 1 November 2003.
BillfishSSN-676nuclear-electric12 March 1971Disposed of by submarine recycling 26 April 2000.
ArcherfishSSN-678nuclear-electric17 December 1971Disposed of by submarine recycling 6 November 1998.
SilversidesSSN-679nuclear-electric5 May 1972Disposed of by submarine recycling 1 October 2001.
BatfishSSN-681nuclear-electric1 September 1972Disposed of by submarine recycling 22 November 2002.
Benjamin Franklin class

6 of 12 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
Benjamin FranklinSSBN-640nuclear-electric22 October 1965Decommissioned 23 November 1993. Disposed of through Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 1995
George BancroftSSBN-643nuclear-electric22 January 1966Decommissioned 21 September 1993. Disposed of through Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 1998
James K. PolkSSBN-645nuclear-electric16 April 1966Decommissioned 8 July 1999. Disposed of through Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 2000
Henry L. StimsonSSBN-655nuclear-electric20 August 1966Decommissioned 5 May 1993. Disposed of through Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 1994
Francis Scott KeySSBN-657nuclear-electric3 December 1966Decommissioned 2 September 1993. Disposed of through Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 1995
Will RogersSSBN-659nuclear-electric1 April 1967Decommissioned 12 April 1993. Disposed of through Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 1994
Narwhal class

Unique submarine

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
NarwhalSSN-671nuclear-electric12 July 1969Disposed of by submarine recycling October 2020
Glenard P. Lipscomb class

Unique submarine

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
Glenard P. LipscombSSN-685nuclear-electric21 December 1974Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program 1997.
Los Angeles class

33 of 62 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
PhiladelphiaSSN-690nuclear-electric25 June 1977Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
OmahaSSN-692nuclear-electric11 March 1978Disposed of by submarine recycling.
GrotonSSN-694nuclear-electric8 July 1978Disposed of by submarine recycling.
New York CitySSN-696nuclear-electric3 March 1979Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
IndianapolisSSN-697nuclear-electric5 January 1980Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
BremertonSSN-698nuclear-electric28 March 1981Decommissioned in 2021.
JacksonvilleSSN-699nuclear-electric16 May 1981Decommissioned in 2021.
DallasSSN-700nuclear-electric18 July 1981Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
La JollaSSN-701nuclear-electric24 October 1981Conversion to moored training ship (MTS-701) commenced in 2015, completed in 2019.
PhoenixSSN-702nuclear-electric19 December 1981Disposed of by submarine recycling.
BostonSSN-703nuclear-electric30 January 1982Disposed of by submarine recycling.
BaltimoreSSN-704nuclear-electric24 July 1982Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
City of Corpus ChristiSSN-705nuclear-electric8 January 1983Stricken, undergoing nuclear deactivation
AlbuquerqueSSN-706nuclear-electric21 May 1983Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
PortsmouthSSN-707nuclear-electric1 October 1983Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Minneapolis-Saint PaulSSN-708nuclear-electric10 March 1984Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Hyman G. RickoverSSN-709nuclear-electric21 July 1984Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
AugustaSSN-710nuclear-electric19 January 1985Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
ProvidenceSSN-719nuclear-electric27 July 1985Decommissioned in 2021.
PittsburghSSN-720nuclear-electric23 November 1985Decommissioned in 2020.
LouisvilleSSN-724nuclear-electric8 November 1986Decommissioned in 2021.
HelenaSSN-725nuclear-electric11 July 1987Active in service.
San JuanSSN-751nuclear-electric6 August 1988Active in service.
PasadenaSSN-752nuclear-electric11 February 1989Active in service.
TopekaSSN-754nuclear-electric21 October 1989Active in service.
MiamiSSN-755nuclear-electric30 June 1990Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
AlexandriaSSN-757nuclear-electric29 June 1991Active in service.
AnnapolisSSN-760nuclear-electric11 April 1992Active in service.
SpringfieldSSN-761nuclear-electric9 January 1993Active in service.
ColumbusSSN-762nuclear-electric24 July 1993Active in service.
Santa FeSSN-763nuclear-electric8 January 1994Active in service.
HartfordSSN-768nuclear-electric10 December 1994Active in service.
ColumbiaSSN-771nuclear-electric9 October 1995Active in service.
Ohio class

18 of 18 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
OhioSSGN-726nuclear-electric11 November 1981In service, converted to a guided missile submarine.
MichiganSSGN-727nuclear-electric11 September 1982In service, converted to a guided missile submarine
FloridaSSGN-728nuclear-electric18 June 1983In service, converted to a guided missile submarine
GeorgiaSSGN-729nuclear-electric11 February 1984In service, converted to a guided missile submarine
Henry M. JacksonSSBN-730nuclear-electric16 October 1984Active in service.
AlabamaSSBN-731nuclear-electric25 May 1985Active in service.
AlaskaSSBN-732nuclear-electric25 January 1986Active in service.
NevadaSSBN-733nuclear-electric16 August 1986Active in service.
TennesseeSSBN-734nuclear-electric17 December 1988Active in service.
PennsylvaniaSSBN-735nuclear-electric9 September 1989Active in service.
West VirginiaSSBN-736nuclear-electric20 October 1990Active in service.
KentuckySSBN-737nuclear-electric13 July 1991Active in service.
MarylandSSBN-738nuclear-electric13 June 1992Active in service.
NebraskaSSBN-739nuclear-electric10 July 1993Active in service.
Rhode IslandSSBN-740nuclear-electric9 July 1994Active in service.
MaineSSBN-741nuclear-electric29 July 1995Active in service.
WyomingSSBN-742nuclear-electric13 July 1996Active in service.
LouisianaSSBN-743nuclear-electric6 September 1997Active in service.
Seawolf class

3 of 3 total in class

NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
SeawolfSSN-21nuclear-electric19 July 1997Active in service.
ConnecticutSSN-22nuclear-electric11 December 1998Active in service.
Jimmy CarterSSN-23nuclear-electric19 February 2005Active in service.
Virginia class
NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
VirginiaSSN-774nuclear-electric23 October 2004Active in service.
HawaiiSSN-776nuclear-electric5 May 2007Active in service.
New HampshireSSN-778nuclear-electric25 October 2008Active in service.
MissouriSSN-780nuclear-electric31 July 2010Active in service.
MississippiSSN-782nuclear-electric2 June 2012Active in service.
North DakotaSSN-784nuclear-electric25 October 2014Active in service.
IllinoisSSN-786nuclear-electric29 October 2016Active in service.
ColoradoSSN-788nuclear-electric17 March 2018Active in service.
South DakotaSSN-790nuclear-electric2 February 2019Active in service.
VermontSSN-792nuclear-electric18 April 2020Active in service.
OregonSSN-793nuclear-electric28 May 2022Active in service.
Hyman G. RickoverSSN-795nuclear-electric14 October 2023Active in service
IowaSSN-797nuclear-electricTBDUnder construction
IdahoSSN-799nuclear-electricTBDUnder construction
UtahSSN-801nuclear-electricTBDUnder construction
OklahomaSSN-802nuclear-electricTBDUnder construction
ArizonaSSN-803nuclear-electricTBDUnder construction
TangSSN-805nuclear-electricTBDUnder construction
Columbia class
NameHull numberTypeCommissionedStatus
District of ColumbiaSSBN-826nuclear-electricTBDUnder construction[17]
WisconsinSSBN-827nuclear-electricTBDOn order[18]

References

  • Gardiner, Robert, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 Conway Maritime Press, 1985. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

Further reading

  • The Defender: The Story of General Dynamics, by Roger Franklin. Published by Harper and Row 1986.
  • Brotherhood of Arms: General Dynamics and The Business of Defending America, by Jacob Goodwin. Published 1985. Random House.
  • The Legend of Electric Boat, Serving The Silent Service. Published by Write Stuff Syndicate, 1994 and 2007. Written by Jeffery L. Rodengen.
  • International Directory of Company Histories Volume 86 under General Dynamics/Electric Boat Corporation, July 2007; pp. 136–139. Published by St James Press/Thomson Gale Group.
  • Who Built Those Subs? Naval History Magazine, Oct. 1998 125th Anniversary issue, pp. 31–34. Written by Richard Knowles Morris PhD. Published by The United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md. Copyrighted 1998.
  • The Klaxon, The U.S. Navy's official submarine force newsletter, April 1992. Published by the Nautilus Memorial Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton/New London, CT.
  • "The Ups and Downs of Electric Boat" John D. Alden, United States Naval Institute, Proceedings Magazine, 1 July 1999, p. 64.
  • Running Critical: The Silent War, Rickover, and General Dynamics, by Patrick Tyler. Published by Harper & Row 1986.

See also

  • Electric Launch Company (Elco) - former subsidiary which manufactured electric yachts, and PT boats during World War II
  • Electro-Dynamic Company - former subsidiary of Electric Boat which manufactured electric motors and generators
  • Submarine Boat Company - former subsidiary of Electric Boat which ran a shipyard during WWI producing steel cargo vessels, and slightly beyond

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