Submarine builder for US Navy
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General Dynamics Electric Boat Type Subsidiary Industry Shipbuilding Founded 1899 Founder Isaac Rice Headquarters Groton, Connecticut
, U.S
Number of locations
Groton, Connecticut ; Quonset Point , Rhode Island ; New London, Connecticut Key people
(President) Parent General Dynamics Website www.gdeb.com
General Dynamics Electric Boat [1] (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.[2] 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 (EB). Some foreign navies were interested in John Holland's latest submarine designs, and so purchased the rights to build them under licensing contracts through EB; 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 EB designed submarines for the Navy and subcontracted their construction to the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts and other shipyards. During this era, EB 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 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.[3]
Interwar [ ]
After the war, the US Navy did not order another submarine from Electric Boat until Cuttlefish in 1931.[4] Cuttlefish was the first submarine built at EB's plant in Groton, Connecticut which has ever since been its primary submarine manufacturing facility. 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 including Mare Island built submarines in the late 1950s through the early 1970s. Since that time, 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, while Elco built nearly 400 PT boats ,[5] and Electric Boat ranked 77th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.[6]
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.[7]
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.
Electric Boat overhauls and undertakes repair work on fast attack class boats. The company built the Ohio -class ballistic missile submarines and Seawolf -class submarines, as well as others. 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 Virginia s 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 the boats to spend less time in the yard.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10] [11] 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 U.S. justice.[12] [13]
Ships built [ ]
Cachalot class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Cuttlefish
SS-171
diesel-electric
8 June 1934[14]
Sold for breaking up, 12 February 1947[14]
Porpoise class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Shark
SS-174
diesel-electric
25 January 1936[14]
Probably sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze east of Manado , 11 February 1942[15]
Tarpon
SS-175
diesel-electric
12 March 1936[14]
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957;[14] foundered off Cape Hatteras , 26 August 1957[15]
Perch
SS-176
diesel-electric
19 November 1936[14]
Scuttled in the Java Sea on 3 March 1942 after being damaged by Japanese destroyers [15]
Pickerel
SS-177
diesel-electric
26 January 1937[14]
Sunk by Japanese vessels north of Honshū on 3 April 1943[15]
Permit
SS-178
diesel-electric
17 March 1937[14]
Sold for scrap on 28 June 1958[14]
Salmon class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Salmon
SS-182
composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric
15 March 1938[14]
Constructive loss due to battle damage; broken up for scrap, 1946[14]
Seal
SS-183
composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric
30 April 1938[14]
Sold for scrap, 6 May 1957[14]
Skipjack
SS-184
composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric
30 June 1938[14]
Sunk in Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test, 25 July 1946; raised 2 September 1946; sunk as a target off southern California, 11 August 1948[14] [15]
Sargo class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Sargo
SS-188
composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric
7 February 1939[14]
Sold for scrap, 19 May 1947[14]
Saury
SS-189
composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric
3 April 1939[14]
Sold for scrap, 19 May 1947[14]
Spearfish
SS-190
composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric
19 July 1939[14]
Sold for scrap, 19 May 1947[14]
Seadragon
SS-194
diesel-electric
23 October 1939[14]
Sold for scrap, 2 July 1948[14]
Sealion
SS-195
diesel-electric
27 November 1939[14]
Scuttled at Cavite on 25 December 1941 after being damaged by Japanese aircraft on 10 December 1941[15]
Tambor class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Tambor
SS-198
diesel-electric
3 June 1940[14]
Sold for scrap, 5 December 1959[14]
Tautog
SS-199
diesel-electric
3 July 1940[14]
Sold for scrap, 1 July 1960[14]
Thresher
SS-200
diesel-electric
27 August 1940[14]
Sold for scrap, 18 March 1948[14]
Gar
SS-206
diesel-electric
14 April 1941[14]
Sold for scrap, 11 December 1959[14]
Grampus
SS-207
diesel-electric
23 May 1941[14]
Possibly sunk by Japanese destroyers in Blackett Strait , 5 March 1943[15]
Grayback
SS-208
diesel-electric
30 June 1941[14]
Sunk by Japanese aircraft south of Okinawa , 27 February 1944[15]
Mackerel class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Mackerel
SS-204
diesel-electric
31 March 1941[14]
Sold for scrap, 24 April 1947[14]
Gato class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Gato
SS-212
diesel-electric
31 December 1941[14]
Sold for scrap, 25 July 1960[15]
Greenling
SS-213
diesel-electric
21 January 1942[14]
Sold for scrap, 21 June 1960[15]
Grouper
SS-214
diesel-electric
12 February 1942[14]
Sold for scrap, 11 August 1970[15]
Growler
SS-215
diesel-electric
20 March 1942[14]
Sunk by Japanese vessels west of the Philippines , 8 November 1944[15]
Grunion
SS-216
diesel-electric
11 April 1942[14]
Sunk off of Kiska around 30 July 1942, cause unknown[15]
Guardfish
SS-217
diesel-electric
8 May 1942[14]
Sunk as a target off Block Island , 10 October 1961[15]
Albacore
SS-218
diesel-electric
1 June 1942[14]
Probably mined off of northern Hokkaidō , 7 November 1944[15]
Amberjack
SS-219
diesel-electric
19 June 1942[14]
Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and SC-18 off Rabaul , 16 February 1943[15]
Barb
SS-220
diesel-electric
8 July 1942[14]
Transferred to Italy on 13 December 1954[15]
Blackfish
SS-221
diesel-electric
22 July 1942[14]
Sold for scrap on 4 May 1959[15]
Bluefish
SS-222
diesel-electric
24 May 1943[14]
Sold for scrap, 8 June 1960[15]
Bonefish
SS-223
diesel-electric
31 May 1943[14]
Sunk by Japanese vessels in Toyama Wan, Honshū , 18 June 1945[15]
Cod
SS-224
diesel-electric
21 June 1943[14]
Museum ship in Cleveland, Ohio 's North Coast Harbor at the USS Cod Submarine Memorial since 1 May 1976.[15]
Cero
SS-225
diesel-electric
4 July 1943[14]
Sold for scrap, October 1970[15]
Corvina
SS-226
diesel-electric
6 August 1943[14]
Sunk by Japanese submarine I-176 south of Truk Lagoon , 16 November 1943[15]
Darter
SS-227
diesel-electric
7 September 1943[14]
Grounded in the Palawan Strait and scuttled on 24 October 1944[15]
Angler
SS-240
diesel-electric
1 October 1943[14]
Sold for scrap, 1 February 1974[15]
Bashaw
SS-241
diesel-electric
25 October 1943[14]
Sold for scrap, 1 July 1972[15]
Bluegill
SS-242
diesel-electric
11 November 1943[14]
Scuttled as a trainer off Hawaii, 3 December 1970[15]
Bream
SS-243
diesel-electric
24 January 1944[14]
Sunk as a target off California, 7 November 1969[15]
Cavalla
SS-244
diesel-electric
29 February 1944[14]
Museum ship at Galveston, Texas as of 21 January 1971[15]
Cobia
SS-245
diesel-electric
29 March 1944[14]
Memorial at Manitowoc, Wisconsin , 17 August 1970[15]
Croaker
SS-246
diesel-electric
21 April 1944[14]
Museum ship at Groton, Connecticut on 27 June 1976[15]
Dace
SS-247
diesel-electric
23 July 1943[14]
Converted to GUPPY IB and transferred to Italy,[14] 31 January 1955[15]
Dorado
SS-248
diesel-electric
28 August 1943[14]
Sunk, off Panama on 12 October 1943[15]
Flasher
SS-249
diesel-electric
25 September 1943[14]
Sold for scrap 8 June 1963, conning tower is a memorial at Groton, Connecticut[14]
Flier
SS-250
diesel-electric
18 October 1943[14]
Mined in the Balabac Strait , 13 August 1944[15]
Flounder
SS-251
diesel-electric
29 November 1943[14]
Decommissioned 2 February 1960[14]
Gabilan
SS-252
diesel-electric
28 December 1943[14]
Sold for scrap, 11 January 1960[14]
Gunnel
SS-253
diesel-electric
20 August 1942[14]
Sold for scrap, December 1959[14]
Gurnard
SS-254
diesel-electric
18 September 1942[14]
Sold for scrap, 29 October 1961[15]
Haddo
SS-255
diesel-electric
9 October 1942[14]
Sold for scrap, 4 May 1959[14]
Hake
SS-256
diesel-electric
30 October 1942[14]
Sold for scrap, 5 December 1972[14]
Harder
SS-257
diesel-electric
2 December 1942[14]
Sunk by enemy vessels off Dasol Bay , Luzon , 24 August 1944[15] |-
Hoe
SS-258
diesel-electric
16 December 1942[14]
Sold for scrap, 10 September 1960[14]
Jack
SS-259
diesel-electric
6 January 1943[14]
Transferred to Greece , 21 April 1958[15]
Lapon
SS-260
diesel-electric
23 January 1943[14]
Transferred to Greece , 10 August 1957[15]
Mingo
SS-261
diesel-electric
12 February 1943[14]
Transferred to Japan unmodified, 15 August 1955[14]
Muskallunge
SS-262
diesel-electric
15 March 1943[14]
Transferred to Brazil unmodified, 18 January 1957[14]
Paddle
SS-263
diesel-electric
29 March 1943[14]
Transferred to Brazil unmodified, 18 January 1957[14]
Pargo
SS-264
diesel-electric
26 April 1943[14]
Sold for scrap, 16 May 1961[14]
Balao class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Perch
SS-313
diesel-electric
7 January 1944[14]
Sold for scrap, 15 January 1973[14]
Shark
SS-314
diesel-electric
14 February 1944
Sunk by Harukaze 24 October 1944.
Sealion
SS-315
diesel-electric
8 March 1944
Sunk as target 8 July 1978.
Barbel
SS-316
diesel-electric
3 April 1944
Sunk by Japanese aircraft 4 February 1945.
Barbero
SS-317
diesel-electric
29 April 1944
Sunk as target 7 October 1964.
Baya
SS-318
diesel-electric
20 May 1944
Sold for scrap, 12 October 1973.
Becuna
SS-319
diesel-electric
27 May 1944
Museum ship at Philadelphia, 21 June 1976.
Bergall
SS-320
diesel-electric
12 June 1944
Transferred to Turkey 18 October 1958, sold to Turkey 15 February 1973.
Besugo
SS-321
diesel-electric
19 June 1944
Transferred to Italy, 31 May 1966. Returned for scrapping, 20 June 1977.
Blackfin
SS-322
diesel-electric
4 July 1944
Sunk as target 13 May 1973.
Caiman
SS-323
diesel-electric
17 July 1944
Transferred to Turkey, 30 June 1972.
Blenny
SS-324
diesel-electric
27 June 1944
Scuttled off Ocean City, Maryland, 7 June 1989.
Blower
SS-325
diesel-electric
10 August 1944
Transferred to Turkey, 16 November 1950.
Blueback
SS-326
diesel-electric
28 August 1944
Transferred to Turkey, 2 May 1948.
Boarfish
SS-327
diesel-electric
28 August 1944
Transferred to Turkey, 23 May 1948. Returned for scrapping, 1 January 1974.
Charr
SS-328
diesel-electric
23 September 1944
Sold for scrap, 17 August 1972.
Chub
SS-329
diesel-electric
21 October 1944
Transferred to Turkey, 25 May 1948. Ultimately returned to US custody and scrapped.
Brill
SS-330
diesel-electric
26 October 1944
Transferred to Turkey, 25 May 1948.
Bugara
SS-331
diesel-electric
15 November 1944
Foundered while under tow, 1 June 1971.
Bullhead
SS-332
diesel-electric
4 December 1944
Sunk by Japanese aircraft, 6 August 1945.
Cabezon
SS-334
diesel-electric
30 December 1944
Sold for scrap, 28 December 1971.
Dentuda
SS-335
diesel-electric
30 December 1944
Sold for scrap, 12 February 1969.
Capitaine
SS-336
diesel-electric
26 January 1945
Transferred to Italy, 5 March 1966. Sold to Italy 5 December 1977 and disposed of.
Carbonero
SS-337
diesel-electric
7 February 1945
Sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, 27 April 1975.
Carp
SS-338
diesel-electric
28 February 1945
Sold for scrap, 26 July 1973.
Catfish
SS-339
diesel-electric
19 March 1945
Transferred to Argentina, 1 July 1971.
Entemedor
SS-340
diesel-electric
6 April 1945
Transferred to Turkey on 31 July 1972; sold to Turkey on 1 August 1973.
Chivo
SS-341
diesel-electric
28 April 1945
Transferred to Argentina, 1 July 1971.
Chopper
SS-342
diesel-electric
25 May 1945
Sank off Cape Hatteras, 21 July 1976, while being rigged as a tethered underwater target.
Clamagore
SS-343
diesel-electric
28 June 1945
Museum in Charleston SC.
Cobbler
SS-344
diesel-electric
8 August 1945
Transferred to Turkey, 21 November 1973.
Cochino
SS-345
diesel-electric
25 August 1945
Sunk by battery explosion and fire off Norway, August 26, 1949.
Corporal
SS-346
diesel-electric
9 November 1945
Transferred to Turkey, 21 November 1973.
Cubera
SS-347
diesel-electric
19 December 1945
Transferred to Venezuela, 5 January 1972.
Cusk
SS-348
diesel-electric
5 February 1946
Sold for scrap, 26 June 1972.
Diodon
SS-349
diesel-electric
18 March 1946
Sold for scrap, 12 May 1972.
Dogfish
SS-350
diesel-electric
29 April 1946
Sold to Brazil, 28 July 1972.
Greenfish
SS-351
diesel-electric
7 June 1946
Transferred to Brazil, 19 December 1973.
Halfbeak
SS-352
diesel-electric
22 July 1946
Sold for scrap, 13 June 1972.
Tench class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Corsair
SS-435
diesel-electric
8 November 1946
Sold for scrap, 8 November 1963.
Barracuda class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Barracuda
SSK-1
diesel-electric
10 November 1951
Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974.
Tang class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Trigger
SS-564
diesel-electric
31 March 1952
Transferred to Italy on 10 July 1973.
Trout
SS-566
diesel-electric
27 June 1952
Transferred to Iran 19 December 1978; Scrapped 27 February 2009.
Harder
SS-568
diesel-electric
19 August 1952
Sold to Italy, 1974.
Nautilus class[ ]
T-1 class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Mackerel
SST-1
diesel-electric
9 October 1953
Sunk as target 18 October 1978.
Seawolf class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Seawolf
SSN-575
nuclear-electric
30 March 1957
Disposed of by submarine recycling 30 September 1997.
Darter class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Darter
SS-576
diesel-electric
20 October 1956
Sunk as a target, 7 January 1992.
Skate class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Skate
SSN-578
nuclear-electric
23 December 1957
Disposed of by submarine recycling 6 March 1995.
Skipjack class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Skipjack
SSN-585
nuclear-electric
15 April 1959
Disposed of by submarine recycling 1 September 1998.
Scorpion
SSN-589
nuclear-electric
29 July 1960
Lost with a crew of 99 on 22 May 1968; cause of sinking unknown.
Triton class[ ]
Main article: USS Triton (SSRN-586)
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Triton
SSRN-586
nuclear-electric
10 November 1959
Disposed of by submarine recycling 30 November 2009.
Thresher/Permit class[ ]
Main article: Thresher/Permit-class submarine
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Flasher
SSN-613
nuclear-electric
22 July 1966
Disposed of by submarine recycling 11 May 1994.
Greenling
SSN-614
nuclear-electric
3 November 1967
Disposed of by submarine recycling 30 September 1994.
Gato
SSN-615
nuclear-electric
25 January 1968
Disposed of by submarine recycling.
Lafayette class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Lafayette
SSBN-616
nuclear-electric
23 April 1963
Disposed of by submarine recycling 25 February 1992.
Alexander Hamilton
SSBN-617
nuclear-electric
27 June 1963
Disposed of by submarine recycling 28 February 1994.
Nathan Hale
SSBN-623
nuclear-electric
12 November 1963
Disposed of by submarine recycling 5 April 1994.
Daniel Webster
SSBN-626
nuclear-electric
9 April 1964
Became moored training ship MTS-626.
James Madison class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Tecumseh
SSBN-628
nuclear-electric
29 May 1964
Disposed of by submarine recycling 1 April 1994.
Ulysses S. Grant
SSBN-631
nuclear-electric
17 July 1964
Disposed of by submarine recycling 23 October 1993.
Casimir Pulaski
SSBN-633
nuclear-electric
14 August 1964
Disposed of by submarine recycling 21 October 1994.
Sturgeon class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Sturgeon
SSN-637
nuclear-electric
3 March 1967
Disposed of by submarine recycling 11 December 1995.
Pargo
SSN-650
nuclear-electric
5 January 1968
Disposed of by submarine recycling 15 October 1996.
Bergall
SSN-667
nuclear-electric
13 June 1969
Disposed of by submarine recycling 29 September 1997.
Seahorse
SSN-669
nuclear-electric
19 September 1969
Disposed of by submarine recycling 30 September 1996.
Flying Fish
SSN-673
nuclear-electric
29 April 1970
Disposed of by submarine recycling 16 October 1996.
Trepang
SSN-674
nuclear-electric
14 August 1970
Disposed of by submarine recycling 17 April 2000.
Bluefish
SSN-675
nuclear-electric
8 January 1971
Disposed of by submarine recycling 1 November 2003.
Billfish
SSN-676
nuclear-electric
12 March 1971
Disposed of by submarine recycling 26 April 2000.
Archerfish
SSN-678
nuclear-electric
17 December 1971
Disposed of by submarine recycling 6 November 1998.
Silversides
SSN-679
nuclear-electric
5 May 1972
Disposed of by submarine recycling 1 October 2001.
Batfish
SSN-681
nuclear-electric
1 September 1972
Disposed of by submarine recycling 22 November 2002.
Los Angeles class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Philadelphia
SSN-690
nuclear-electric
25 June 1977
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Omaha
SSN-692
nuclear-electric
11 March 1978
Disposed of by submarine recycling.
Groton
SSN-694
nuclear-electric
8 July 1978
Disposed of by submarine recycling.
New York City
SSN-696
nuclear-electric
3 March 1979
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Indianapolis
SSN-697
nuclear-electric
5 January 1980
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Bremerton
SSN-698
nuclear-electric
28 March 1981
Active, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2019.
Jacksonville
SSN-699
nuclear-electric
16 May 1981
Inactive, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2018.
Dallas
SSN-700
nuclear-electric
18 July 1981
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
La Jolla
SSN-701
nuclear-electric
24 October 1981
Conversion to moored training ship commenced in 2015, to be completed by the end of 2018.
Phoenix
SSN-702
nuclear-electric
19 December 1981
Disposed of by submarine recycling.
Boston
SSN-703
nuclear-electric
30 January 1982
Disposed of by submarine recycling.
Baltimore
SSN-704
nuclear-electric
24 July 1982
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
City of Corpus Christi
SSN-705
nuclear-electric
8 January 1983
Stricken, undergoing nuclear deactivation
Albuquerque
SSN-706
nuclear-electric
21 May 1983
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Portsmouth
SSN-707
nuclear-electric
1 October 1983
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Minneapolis-Saint Paul
SSN-708
nuclear-electric
10 March 1984
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Hyman G. Rickover
SSN-709
nuclear-electric
21 July 1984
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Augusta
SSN-710
nuclear-electric
19 January 1985
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Providence
SSN-719
nuclear-electric
27 July 1985
Active, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2019.
Pittsburgh
SSN-720
nuclear-electric
23 November 1985
Active, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2019.
Louisville
SSN-724
nuclear-electric
8 November 1986
Active in service.
Helena
SSN-725
nuclear-electric
11 July 1987
Active in service.
San Juan
SSN-751
nuclear-electric
6 August 1988
Active in service.
Pasadena
SSN-752
nuclear-electric
11 February 1989
Active in service.
Topeka
SSN-754
nuclear-electric
21 October 1989
Active in service.
Miami
SSN-755
nuclear-electric
30 June 1990
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling.
Alexandria
SSN-757
nuclear-electric
29 June 1991
Active in service.
Annapolis
SSN-760
nuclear-electric
11 April 1992
Active in service.
Springfield
SSN-761
nuclear-electric
9 January 1993
Active in service.
Columbus
SSN-762
nuclear-electric
24 July 1993
Active in service.
Santa Fe
SSN-763
nuclear-electric
8 January 1994
Active in service.
Hartford
SSN-768
nuclear-electric
10 December 1994
Active in service.
Columbia
SSN-771
nuclear-electric
9 October 1995
Active in service.
Ohio class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Ohio
SSGN-726
nuclear-electric
11 November 1981
In service, converted to a guided missile submarine.
Michigan
SSGN-727
nuclear-electric
11 September 1982
In service, converted to a guided missile submarine.
Florida
SSGN-728
nuclear-electric
18 June 1983
In service, converted to a guided missile submarine.
Georgia
SSGN-729
nuclear-electric
11 February 1984
In service, converted to a guided missile submarine.
Henry M. Jackson
SSBN-730
nuclear-electric
16 October 1984
Active in service.
Alabama
SSBN-731
nuclear-electric
25 May 1985
Active in service.
Alaska
SSBN-732
nuclear-electric
25 January 1986
Active in service.
Nevada
SSBN-733
nuclear-electric
16 August 1986
Active in service.
Tennessee
SSBN-734
nuclear-electric
17 December 1988
Active in service.
Pennsylvania
SSBN-735
nuclear-electric
9 September 1989
Active in service.
West Virginia
SSBN-736
nuclear-electric
20 October 1990
Active in service.
Kentucky
SSBN-737
nuclear-electric
13 July 1991
Active in service.
Seawolf class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Seawolf
SSN-21
nuclear-electric
19 July 1997
Active in service.
Connecticut
SSN-22
nuclear-electric
11 December 1998
Active in service.
Jimmy Carter
SSN-23
nuclear-electric
19 February 2005
Active in service.
Virginia class[ ]
Name
Hull number
Type
Commissioned
Status
Virginia
SSN-774
nuclear-electric
23 October 2004
Active in service.
Hawaii
SSN-776
nuclear-electric
5 May 2007
Active in service.
New Hampshire
SSN-778
nuclear-electric
25 October 2008
Active in service.
Missouri
SSN-780
nuclear-electric
31 July 2010
Active in service.
Mississippi
SSN-782
nuclear-electric
2 June 2012
Active in service.
North Dakota
SSN-784
nuclear-electric
25 October 2014
Active in service.
Illinois
SSN-786
nuclear-electric
29 October 2016
Active in service.
Colorado
SSN-788
nuclear-electric
17 March 2018
Active in service.
South Dakota
SSN-790
nuclear-electric
2 February 2019
Active in service.
References [ ]
^ General Dynamics Electric Boat home page
^ Turtle was used in combat during the American Revolutionary War, but it was never officially commissioned into the Navy.
^ Gardiner, p. 101, 132–133
^ Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (Doubleday, 1973), p.37; Friedman, Norman. U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History (United States Naval Institute Press, 2005), pp. 285–304.
^ Lenton, pp.5 & 62–102 passim .
^ Peck, Merton J. & Scherer, Frederic M. The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis (1962) Harvard Business School p.619
^ "General Dynamics Corporation" . U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission . Archived from the original on 12 November 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2006 .
^ "U.S. Navy Awards 'Largest Shipbuilding Contract' in Service History" . Retrieved 11 August 2016 .
^ "Electric Boat Awarded Long-Lead Contract for Virginia-Class Block V Attack Boats" . USNI News . 13 March 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2019 .
^ Van Voorst, Bruce; Thomas Evans (24 December 1984). "Overrun Silent, Overrun Deep" . Time . ISSN 0040-781X . Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2009 .
^ Alexander, Charles P.; Christopher Redman; John E. Yang (8 April 1985). "General Dynamics Under Fire" . Time . ISSN 0040-781X . Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2009 .
^ "The Fugitive Accuser" . Time . 8 April 1985. ISSN 0040-781X . Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2009 .
^ Biddle, Wayne. "Defense Contracts – News – Times Topics – The New York Times – Narrowed by 'VELIOTIS, P TAKIS' " . Retrieved 20 March 2009 .
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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.
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