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2 unusual facts about General Dynamics Electric Boat


General Dynamics Electric Boat

In 2002, Electric Boat conducted preservation work on the 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.

Some overseas navies were interested in John Holland's latest submarine designs, and so purchased the rights to build them under licensing contracts through the Electric Boat Company; and these included Great Britain's Royal Navy, Japan's Imperial Japanese Navy, Russia's Imperial Russian Navy and the Netherlands' Royal Netherlands Navy.


Victory Yard

The Victory Yard was a temporary expansion of the General Dynamics Electric Boat facility in Groton, Connecticut to dramatically increase submarine construction during World War II.

William Woodnut Griscom

After Griscom died in a hunting accident, his company was acquired in 1899 by Electro-Dynamic co-founder Isaac Rice's Electric Boat Company.


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