American Shipbuilding Association

Electric Boat
General Dynamics Corporation
75 Eastern Point Road
Groton, Connecticut 06340
Tel: 860.433.3000
Fax: 860.433.1566
www.gdeb.com 

Shipyard highlights:
Electric Boat’s Groton, Connecticut shipyard can produce up to three submarines per year. This facility includes heavy-lift cranes capable of combined lifts of up to 680 tons, as well as three graving docks, one of which can accommodate ships up to 560 feet in length and more than 18,000 tons in displacement.at its automated frame and cylinder. Facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, modular submarine sections are manufactured and outfitted. Additionally, Quonset Point operates an automated steel-processing center with state-of-the-art laser, plasma and water jet cutters.

Description:
Electric Boat designs, builds, and provides life-cycle support for U. S. Navy nuclear submarines.The company is the designer and co-producer of the Navy’s newest and most advanced attack submarine –– the Virginia Class. Electric Boat is also engaged in the design and integration of the Navy’s SSGN Program –– the conversion of four Trident ballistic-missile submarines to platforms optimized for covert strike and special warfare.As the Navy’s leading submarine builder for more than 100 years, the company continues to invest in new design and construction technologies to provide the Navy with the most capable andaffordable submarines in the world.