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31-620: The Electro-Dynamic Company manufactured electric motors and generators 1880–2000, principally as a subsidiary of the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics and its predecessors. The company was founded by electrical inventor William Woodnut Griscom in 1880. An important early customer for electric boat motors was the Electric Launch Company , also known as Elco. Following an 1892 bankruptcy, financier Isaac Rice bailed out Electro-Dynamic and became
62-519: A Cachalot -class submarine and one of the " V-boats ," was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cuttlefish . Her keel was laid down by Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut . She was launched on 21 November 1933 sponsored by Mrs. B. S. Bullard, and commissioned on 8 June 1934, Lieutenant Commander Charles W. "Gin" Styer in command. Cuttlefish
93-577: A 330 kW (440 hp) electric generator . The auxiliary engine was for charging batteries or for increased surface speed via a diesel-electric system providing power to the main electric motors . As with most V-boats, the main engines proved troublesome, and were replaced in 1937-38 by two Winton GM 16-278 16-cylinder four-cycle diesels, 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) each. Departing New London , Connecticut on 15 May 1935, Cuttlefish arrived at San Diego, California on 22 June. She sailed on torpedo practice and fleet tactics exercises along
124-405: A co-owner. Griscom died in a hunting accident in 1897. Electro-Dynamic manufactured the main propulsion motor for USS Holland , the United States Navy 's first modern submarine , launched in 1897. In 1899, Rice founded Electric Boat and made Electro-Dynamic and Elco subsidiaries of it. Electro-Dynamic relocated from Philadelphia to Bayonne, New Jersey at some point prior to 1964, with
155-481: A plant on Avenue A. In 1964 a fire destroyed this plant and the company acquired a facility in Avenel, New Jersey , formerly occupied by Security Steel. In the 20th century the company manufactured electric motors and generators for numerous submarines built by Electric Boat as well as naval and civilian boats built by Elco. The company retained this function as a division of General Dynamics Corporation when that company
186-436: 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 them to spend less time in
217-670: The Bonin Islands , returned to Midway Island on 24 March. She refitted there and at Pearl Harbor, and on 2 May cleared Midway for her second war patrol. From 18 to 24 May, she reconnoitered Saipan and the northern part of the Mariana Islands . On 19 May, she attacked a patrol ship, and while maneuvering for a second attack, was detected. She was forced deep to endure four hours of severe depth charging, more of which came her way on 24 May when she challenged three enemy destroyers . The next day an alert enemy plane caught her on
248-666: The Hawaiian area. That autumn, she cruised to the Samoan Islands , and in 1940 to the West Coast. On 5 October 1941, she cleared Pearl Harbor for an overhaul at the Mare Island Navy Yard . After returning to Pearl Harbor, Cuttlefish put to sea on her first war patrol on 29 January 1942. On 13 February, she performed a reconnaissance of Marcus Island , gaining valuable information, and after patrolling in
279-509: The New York Navy Yard in 1937–38, as were her sister's. She sailed from New York City on 22 October 1938 for Coco Solo , where she conducted diving operations and other exercises for the training of submariners until 20 March 1939, sailing then for the Mare Island Navy Yard , California . Cuttlefish arrived at Pearl Harbor on 16 June and was based there on patrol duty, as well as joining in battle problems and exercises in
310-488: The Portsmouth Navy Yard ) mainly in her different internal arrangements and the incorporation of the first air conditioning plant in a USN submarine. Like all of the other V-boats (except V-1 , 2 , and 3 ), she was built to a partial riveted/partial welded construction. Electric Boat expanded on the use of welding pioneered by Portsmouth, with most of Cuttlefish's outer hull and fuel tanks welded, but with
341-614: The "General Dynamics" name while the submarine-building operation reverted to the "Electric Boat" name. 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
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#1732797909183372-541: 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. Veliotis
403-698: 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. 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
434-595: The West Coast and in the Hawaiian Islands until 28 June 1937, when she sailed for the Panama Canal , Miami, Florida , New York City , and New London , Connecticut . Arriving at New London on 28 July, she conducted experimental torpedo firing, sound training, and other operations for the Submarine School. At this time her troublesome MAN engines were replaced with Winton GM engines at
465-467: The command of Lieutenant Commander Elliot E. Marshall. Patrolling off the Japanese homeland, she attacked a destroyer on 18 August, and received a punishing depth charge attack. Three days later, she launched a spread of torpedoes, three of which hit a freighter and one of which hit an escort. Explosions were seen, but the sinking could not be confirmed. On 5 September, she attacked a tanker which, it
496-459: The company built 74 submarines at the Groton plant, while Elco built nearly 400 PT boats , and Electric Boat ranked 77th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. 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
527-725: 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. After the war, the US Navy did not order another submarine from Electric Boat until Cuttlefish in 1931. Cuttlefish
558-675: 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. 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,
589-738: The force that could be maintained on station far from a base, as in a Pacific war scenario. Despite the calculation process, size reduction had gone too far with the Cachalot s, limiting their patrol endurance. After three Pacific war patrols, Cuttlefish was relegated to training duties in September 1942, once numerous Gato -class boats became available. The as-built engine specifications were two BuEng -built, MAN -designed M9Vu 40/46 nine- cylinder two-cycle direct drive main diesel engines , 1,535 hp (1,145 kW) each, with one BuEng MAN two-cycle auxiliary diesel engine, driving
620-510: The internal pressure hull still riveted. This was entirely successful as it virtually eliminated the problem of fuel leakage caused by the riveted fuel tanks on earlier boats. Both were medium-sized submarines built under the tonnage limits of the London Naval Treaty of 1930. An extensive study was conducted to determine the optimum submarine size under the treaty restrictions, factoring in total force, endurance, and percentage of
651-399: 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. During World War II,
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#1732797909183682-858: 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. 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
713-1242: 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. EB built 1 of 2 total in the class 5 of 10 total in class 3 of 6 total in class 5 of 10 total in class 6 of 12 total in class , all diesel-electric 1 of 2 total in class 41 of 77 total in class , all diesel-electric 40 of 120 total in class , all diesel-electric 1 of 29 total in class 1 of 3 total in class 3 of 6 total in class Unique submarine 1 of 2 total in class Unique submarine Unique submarine 1 of 4 total in class 2 of 6 total in class Unique submarine 3 of 14 total in class Unique submarine 2 of 5 total in class 2 of 5 total in class 4 of 9 total in class 3 of 10 total in class 11 of 37 total in class 6 of 12 total in class Unique submarine Unique submarine 33 of 62 total in class 18 of 18 total in class 3 of 3 total in class USS Cuttlefish (SS-171) USS Cuttlefish (SC-5/SS-171) ,
744-818: 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 . 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,
775-556: The surface and dropped two bombs as she went under, both of them misses. As it became obvious the Japanese Fleet was out in strength, Cuttlefish was ordered to patrol about 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) west of Midway, remaining on station during the Battle of Midway from 4–6 June 1942. She returned to Pearl Harbor on 15 June, and there and at Midway prepared for her third war patrol, for which she sailed on 29 July under
806-526: The yard. 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. In the early 1980s, structural welding defects had been covered up by falsified inspection records, and this led to significant delays and expenses in
837-434: Was formed by a reorganization of Electric Boat in 1952. The company was dissolved in 2000 and its functions were relocated to Electric Boat's main facility in Groton, Connecticut . This United States manufacturing company–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Electric Boat General Dynamics Electric Boat ( GDEB ) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been
868-559: 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. 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
899-425: 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
930-448: Was the first submarine built entirely at Electric Boat's facility in Groton, Connecticut ; construction of previous Electric Boat designs had been subcontracted to other shipyards, notably Fore River Shipbuilding of Quincy, Massachusetts . Four Peruvian R-class submarines had previously been finished in Groton, using material from cancelled S-boats salvaged from Fore River. Cuttlefish differed from her sister Cachalot (built by
961-525: 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. 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