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From YouTube: History of Electric Boat
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In 2014, the U.S. Navy awarded Electric Boat a $17.6 billion contract for the construction of ten additional Virginia-Class submarines, the largest contract ever given by the Navy. Tom Plante, Director of Strategic Planning at Electric Boat, presents the history, highlights, and future of the shipbuilding company.
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So
the
father
of
the
US
Navy
submarine
is
John
Holland
and
he
really
was
captivated
by
the
concept.
1870
Jules
Verne's
actually
publishes
20,000
Leagues
Under,
the
Sea
and
John
Holland
actually
started
working
on
submarine
concepts,
but
all
the
way
back
to
1875.
It
took
him
20
years
of
trial
and
error
in
engineering
and
test
to
get
to
the
front
to
the
point
where
he
had
a
workable
submarine.
A
He
came
from
Ireland,
he
was,
it
was
very
patriotic
and
it
was
all
privately
funded
effort
in
he
saw
it
any
sort
of
capital
he
could
to
get
to
get
the
submarine
developed
part
of
what
part
of
the
the
groups
he
worked
with
is
a
Irish
revolutionary
group
that
was
totally
against
the
iron
fleet.
The
British
were
building,
so
he
tried
on
several
occasions
to
develop
this
submarine
concept,
always
improving
on
subsequent
iterations.
A
He,
the
Navy,
was
also
interested
going
back
to
the
Civil
War
days,
but
they
tried
they
made
three
attempts
to
try
and
develop
a
submarine
1887
1888
and
in
1993
they
had
competitions
with
the
with
the
inventors
of
the
time
all
working
submarine
concepts.
John
Paulin
was
really
the
first
one
to
conceive
integrating
an
electric
motor
with
a
battery
with
a
with
with
the
torpedo
platform
and
and
that
was
kind
of
the
innovation,
eternal
combustion
engine
gasoline
engine
that
was
kind
of
the
invit.
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The
combination
of
technologies
that
resulted
in
a
workable
design,
his
design
was
one
about
porpoising,
so
he
he
wanted
to
have
ballast.
He
wanted
to
be
able
to
submerge
and
go
to
the
surface
quickly.
Other
inventors
of
the
time.
Some
may
note,
simon
lake,
was
one
he
was
interested
in
the
submarine
for
salvage
operation,
so
he
he
had
different
concepts
and
different
types
of
technologies.
So
eventually,
john
holland
went
out.
Take
a
look
at
this
picture.
You
can
see
some
of
the
basic
things.
It's
53
feet,
long,
it's
a
hundred
and
it's
it's
tenant.
A
It's
ten
foot
three
inches
wide
at
this
widest,
be
seventy
four
ton
platform.
It
had
a
fifty
horsepower
electric
motor
in
it
and
it
had
a
gas
engine,
a
lot
of
fuel
gas
engine.
Here
you
can
see
a
storage
battery
compartment.
You
can
see
a
torpedo
gun
and
then
you
can
see
ballast
ballast
tanks
and
this
concept
allowed
it
to
actually
go
on
the
surface
at
seven
knots
of
submerge
for
five
knots
and
it
had
a
range
of
1,500
nautical
miles.
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So
it
was
really
the
first
workable
functioning
submarine
that
had
been
developed
to
that
date.
Now,
Teddy
Roosevelt,
actually
rode
on
this
ship
in
1898,
the
key
guy
that
really
know
John
Holland
was
an
inventor
okay.
He
wasn't
really
a
businessman.
He
went
from
one
one
source
of
capital
to
another,
always
peddling
his
idea.
The
real
businessman
is
the
guy
in
this
picture,
Isaac
rice
and
he
was
really
kind
of
like
the
father
of
the
modern
corporation.
He
actually
founded
electric
boat
as
a
company.
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A
So
he
actually
took
a
plunge
in
the
Holland
and
on
July
4
1898,
and
he
was
convinced
that
was
the
way
to
go
now.
His
fortune
was
made
in
electric
batteries,
and
electric
batteries
at
the
time
was
that
all
the
rage
start
going
all
the
way
back
to
the
World's
Fair
of
1888
and
electricity
was
being
applied
and
all
sorts
of
applications
which
included
taxi
cabs
in
New,
York,
City
and
included
electric
launches
just
about
everywhere,
where
you
could
use
electricity.
People
were
looking
to
use
electricity
and
the
battery
was
essential.
A
Part
of
that
it
was
a.
It
was
a
an
invention
that
was
evolving
at
the
time
and
it
served
many
industries.
So
there
was
a
great
demand
for
batteries,
so
he
basically
headed
15
companies
at
the
time
and
in
1898
he
absorbed
this
Holland
torpedo-boat
company
that
John
Holland
had
started.
He
combined
it
with
an
electric
launch
company
that
was
making
electric
launch
lunches
for
wealthy
folks
and
he
capitalized
the
company
for
10
10
million
dollars
and
he
formed
a
corporation.
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The
birthday's
on
the
slide
day
of
February
7th
1899,
was
a
birthday
that
we
have
electric
boat.
My
electric
boat
at
the
time
didn't
have
a
shipyard.
It
had
basically
a
facility
at
North
Suffolk's
on
the
North
Fork
of
Long
Island,
that's
where
they
tested
the
Holland,
and
then
there
was
a
facility
or
office
and
on
Broadway
in
New
York
City.
But
his
business
strategy
was
acquiring
monopolies
and
at
the
time
electric
boat
was
a
monopoly.
A
That
at
one
point
joined
the
company
in
1897.
He
was
a
central
engineer
for
the
company
for
many
years
and
it
basically
took
about
three
years
to
get
the
Navy
to
to
buy
this
thing.
But
the
picture
here
shown
isn't
isn't
a
picture
of
taking
in
Long
Island
Sound,
it's
a
picture
actually
in
the
Potomac
River,
so
Isaac
rice,
he
was
a
shrewd
businessman.
He
knew
how
to
get
things
through
and
he
basically
went
for
an
overhaul
in
the
winter
of
1999
and
then
in
1900.
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He
sailed
it
on
the
Potomac
River
in
front
of
all
the
congressmen
and
Senators,
and
they
saw
what
a
marvel.
This
thing
was
in
a
short
time.
Thereafter
he
got
the
contract
from
the
Navy
and
it
it's
also
interesting
to
note
that
Admiral
Dewey
at
the
time
was
a
witness
to
this
exhibition
on
the
Potomac
River.
So
that's
basically
yeah.
You
know
how
Isaac
rice
approach,
business
I'm,
like
John
Hall,
and
he
brought
the
he
brought
the
hall
and
down
to
the
to
where
the
money
comes
from
the
US
Congress.
A
A
This
picture
always
amazes
me
and
if
you
look
at
you,
look
at
the
guy
on
the
on
the
back
of
this.
The
stern
of
this.
This
is
the
US.
This
is
the
Fulton.
It's
basically
a
prototype
submarine
that
electric
boat
built
on
private
funds
as
a
demonstrator.
The
guy
looks
so
nonchalant
back
there.
Well,
everybody
else
is
kind
of
holding
off
for
their
dear
life.
A
What
happened
here
is
so
this,
as
I
mentioned
was
a
prototype
was
built
at
the
Nixon
shipyard
in
New,
Jersey
and
Lawrence.
Why
Speer
was
a
trained
naval
architect?
He
he
actually
had
been
highly
critical
of
submarines
until
he
actually
had
a
ride
on
the
Holland
in
1901.
He
witnessed
in
the
record
endurance
run
of
this
submarine
15
hours
submerged
in
the
storm
of
raging,
above
so
that
kind
of
sold
him
on
this
whole
idea.
He
joined
the
company
in
1902
and
he
would
play
a
significant
role
in
the
company
for
the
next
50
years.
A
We'll
talk
about
some
of
those
contributions
and
some
of
later
slides.
So
what
happened
after
the
Holland
was
became
a
part
of
the
fleet.
The
Navy
wanted
more
on
the
left.
Side
of
the
slide
is
two
of
the
early
classes,
the
a
classes
there,
a
class.
There
was
five
submarines
ordered
by
the
Navy
and
the
b-class,
with
the
tarantula
down
the
on
the
lower
left
picture.
So
there's
basically
in
1903,
you
know.
Six
eight
class
submarines
ordered
the
second
plunger.
A
The
second
one
was
the
plunger
and
they
were
all
built
at
different
shipyards,
two
of
them
three
built
that
Cresson
shipyard,
New
Jersey
and
three
at
Union,
ironworks
in
San,
Francisco,
so,
electric
boat
at
the
time
was
a
design
house.
It
had
designs
for
submarines
and
it
bought
the
engines
from
suppliers
mainly
fore
River
shipyard
and
Quincy.
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It
also
outsourced
the
construction
of
the
submarine
so
two
different
shipyards,
and
that
was
actually
a
fortunate
thing
because
having
a
footprint
like
a
shipyard
in
those
days,
one
that
the
market
was
unpredictable
and
the
actual
demand
was
unpredictable
might
have
been
a
big
liability
for
for
a
fledgling
company
like
electric
boat.
Every
subsequent
design
in
the
early
years
was
an
improvement
on
the
previous,
but
the
you
basically
had
little
capital
and
you
had
the
you
had
to
manage
that
very
carefully.
A
John
Harlan
didn't
see
eye
to
eye
with
the
people
that
were
running
the
company.
Laurence
spear
was
one
of
them,
Frank,
cable,
another
and
obviously
Isaac
rut
as
a
grace
typical
that
the
inventor
doesn't
get
along
with
what
the
company
that
takes
his
inventions.
So
what
they
were
trying
to
do
is
change
the
design
the
way
they
thought
it
should
go,
and
so
there
was
basically
some
hard
feelings
that
came
over
the
next
few
years
in
John
Hall
and
actually
left
the
company
in
1904.
A
He
never
really
was
had
the
opportunity
to
continue
to
develop
the
submarine
after
that,
because
Isaac
rice
bought
all
his
patents
and
he
had
no
intellectual
property
to
use
every
time
he
attempted
to
do
something
he
was
threatened
with
a
lawsuit
and
that's
business.
The
other
thing
that
was
fortunate
for
electric
boat
in
the
early
years
is
they
had
the
opportunity
to
sell
submarines
or
licensed
submarine
technology
to
form
two
foreign
countries,
and
this
became
an
important
part
of
Isaac
races
strategy.
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He
preferred
to
license
and
live
off
a
royalties
as
a
source
of
revenue
for
the
company,
and
he
did
that
with
all
with
most
of
the
countries
he
dealt
with
in
this
picture.
You
see
that
five
Japanese
submarines
these
were
supporting
the
Russian
Japanese
war
at
the
time,
were
actually
constructed
by
electric
boat
to
to
the
to
the
company
specs,
and
then
they
were
kidded
and
shipped
to
Japan
Japan,
where
they
were
assembled
over
there
under
electric
boat
management.
A
There
was
five
submarines
of
the
picture
that
were
provided
to
Japan,
but,
as
I
mentioned,
Isaac
Rice's
preferred
business
model
was
to
license
other
shipyards
to
build
to
the
EB
designs
and-
and
there
were
a
number
of
different
countries
which
included
Turkey
Venezuela,
Mexico,
Sweden,
Norway,
Denmark
Russia,
just
about
everybody
out
there.
One
of
the
submarine
and
one
of
the
License
Agreement
was
very,
very,
very
successful
for
almost
40
years.
That
was
the
agreement
with
Vicker
shipyard
in
Great
Britain,
which
made
61
submarines
to
the
to
the
end
of
the
ebee
licenses
next
slide.
A
A
Now,
originally,
the
directors
of
the
company
in
New
York
didn't
want
to
have
anything
to
do
with
this
deal
so,
but
the
people
with
vision,
ly,
Speer
and
Frank
cable
knew
that
the
diesel
was
the
future
for
the
submarine
they
needed.
Diesel's
for
the
e
class
in
the
f-class
electric
boat
was
shifting
to
the
diesel
because
it
was
far
superior
than
the
gasoline
engine,
especially
in
the
close
confines
of
a
of
a
small
boat
like
the
like
the
8th
class
and
the
B
class
and
the
C
class.
A
A
Rarely
is
where
we
started
having
a
footprint
on
the
in
the
Groton
side
of
the
Thames
River,
the
initial
diesel
engine
technology
that
we
were
using
as
part
of
the
london
ship
and
engine
company
was
unsatisfactory
to
the
Navy.
So
Frank
cable
actually
went
to
Germany
and
obtained
a
license
for
a
better,
simpler
design,
diesel
from
men,
and
that
became
the
standard
diesel
for
the
future.
A
The
former
shipyard
actually
started
being
a
factoring
Diesel's,
but
they
ran
it
for
the
e
in
the
F
class,
but
they
ran
into
trouble.
So
the
first
12
Diesel's
were
actually
finished
up
at
this
site
and
then
all
the
diesels
after
that
malesko
also
made
other
parts
for
submarines.
So
it
became
a
pretty
good
operation
down
there
in
the
current
footprint.
A
This
show
is
a
picture
of
what
those
diesels
look
like.
In
the
day
you
can
see
there.
The
the
picture
on
the
top
right
is
the
one
that
was
actually
the
first
diesel
US
Navy
diesel-powered
submarines.
So
not
only
did
electric
boat
designed
the
first
nuclear
power
submarine
and
designed
the
first
diesel
submarine
e1
the
picture
below
shows
the
commanding
officer
of
that
submarine
at
the
time
was
the
lieutenant
Chester
Nimitz
and
it
was
called
the
skipjack.
The
e1
was
a
skipjack.
It
was
actually
the
first
u.s.
A
submarine
to
cross
the
Atlantic.
It
did
that
in
1917,
so
the
basically
the
diesel
electric
submarines
standard
for
the
fleet
going
forward
and
served
all
the
future
submarine
design
up
until
the
Nautilus
era.
This
shows
you,
the
the
president
of
the
company,
who
succeeded
Isaac
Rice
in
1915,
and
he
was
really
the
longest
running
president
Henry
Carr
C
basically
was
a
financier
and
a
banker.
So
he
he
really
understood
the
finances,
part
of
it,
which
was
kind
of
important
towards
the
end
of
World
War
one.
A
There
was
a
lot
of
concern
about
stock
and
stock
manipulation
and
potentially
intervention
from
foreign
interests,
so
he
basically
solidified
the
stock.
He
he
started
a
submarine
submarine
company
as
a
holding
company
with
voting
rights,
so
he
could
protect
the
stock
and
ensure
the
direct
control
of
the
company
going
forward
from
outside
interest.
He
would
actually
serve
for
27
years
as
president,
so
in
1919
15,
actually,
two
all
the
way
to
1942
the
beginning
of
the
period
where
we
had
a
large
expansion
to
support
World
War
two.
A
So
this
kind
of
shows
you,
the
World
War
one
built
about
eighty-five
submarines,
53
submarines
at
the
fore,
River
shipyard
in
Quincy,
mass
24
in
San
Francisco
at
the
Union
on
works
and
eight
others
at
the
Puget
Sound,
Naval
Shipyard
or
the
Seattle
construction
right,
our
company.
By
the
time
the
u.s.
submarine
force
actually
entered
the
war
in
World
War,
one
most
of
the
German
fleet,
was
at
Port.
Enemy's
Sheppard
shipping
was
at
a
minimum
so
about
20
us
submarines
actually
deployed
overseas
and
principally
patrolled
our
sea
in
the
Azores.
A
Okay.
Now
after
World
War
one,
the
Navy
canceled
all
the
orders,
as
happens
with
most
Wars,
that
actually
happened
three
times
in
our
history,
pretty
substantially
after
World
War,
one
after
World
War,
two
and
after
the
Cold
War.
So
we're
going
to
talk
about
all
those
periods.
This
kind
of
shows
you
the
gratin
plant
and
the
20
and
we'll
kind
of
go
through
what
happened
in
the
20s
is
really
a
transformation
that
happened
here
following
the
end
of
the
World
War
one
1918.
A
We
really
didn't
get
any
more
government
contracts
for
submarines
for
13
years,
so
we
did
all
kinds
of
things.
We
built
printing
presses
steel,
girders
for
bridges,
bowling,
pin
setters
whatever
was
needed.
You
see
a
picture
in
the
top
right
shows
a
yacht.
We
built
yachts
in
1922.
We
got
back
into
the
submarine
business
by
overhauling
three
of
the
s-class
submarines.
These
were
the
main
mainstream
of
the
the
main
part
of
the
submarine
fleet
that
the
Navy
had
and,
and
that
really
was
the
beginning
of
getting
back
into
submarines.
A
Modernized
by
Eby,
actually
in
1953,
we
delivered
all
of
them
by
1928
and
that
kind
of
set
up
the
whole
operation
on
the
Groton
waterfront
as
a
shipyard.
For
the
first
time
in
about
1927
1928,
we
see
still
use
the
the
name,
Newland
Hanjin
shipping
company
and
we
basically
became
electric
boat
there.
A
Next
slide.
1926
was
actually
when
some
of
the
major
facilities
were
put
in
place
to
support
construction
of
what
would
be
the
first
u.s.
Navy
submarine
and
over
a
period
of
time.
We
started
work
on
that
submarine.
It
was
the
cuttlefish
that
got
the
contract
in
1931,
delivered
in
1934
and
we're
really
the
first
contract
we
had
since
1918,
but
it
had
some
major
innovations
that
we
spend
was
developed
at
the
time
they
included
a
first
welded
hull,
air
conditioning
and
some
key
features
mentioned
on
their
double-hull,
partially
welded
sections.
A
A
Now
we
get
to
ly
spear,
also
known
as
mr.
submarine
he
so
he
joined
the
company
in
1902
and
between
1942
and
1947.
He
was
the
president
of
electric
boat,
so
he
was
the
guy
that
was
actually
running
the
company
when,
when
electric
boat
was
in
the
heyday
supporting
the
war
effort
in
world
war
ii,
he
supervised
the
peak
construction
period
during
World
War
two
and
he's
right.
He
was
really
recognized
for
a
service
by
the
US
Navy
through
basically
two
world
wars.
You
see
there
in
the
picture
the
emblem,
keep
him
sliding
that's
that's.
A
We
had
basically
eight
building
ways.
At
the
time
a
new
victory
yard
was
opened
up
where
the
pfizer
plan
is
today
and
we're
putting
out
a
submarine,
basically
every
two
weeks
at
the
peak,
so
all
that
required
a
lot
of
a
a
lot
of
expansion
in
the
workforce
and
expansion,
the
facilities
and
we'll
talk
about
some
of
the
some
of
the
key
attributes
of
that
expansion.
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
you
can
see
in
the
top
corner
the
elements
of
the
victory
yard.
A
You
can
see
we
went,
the
employment
went
basically
to
a
peak
of
about
25
or
12,500
people
from
about
25
2,500
in
1940.
So
that's
a
lot
of
people
that
came
in
a
lot
of
programs
were
implemented.
Innovative
programs
at
the
time
to
support
the
growth
in
the
workforce
that
required
to
do
that
work.
The
government
actually
subsidized
the
South
yard
expansion
that
added
the
ten
more
shipping
ways
in
the
victory
yard.
A
It
was
at
the
time
a
ten
million
dollar
investment,
this
rapid
expansion
produced
challenges
and
recruiting
and
training
and
there's
actually
some
significant
amount
of
activity
that
went
to
apprentice
schools
and
hiring
folks
in
the
region
to
make
sure
that
the
demand
could
be
supported
in
1942,
electric
boat
launch,
16
submarines
and
43.
We
launched
25
submarines
and
in
44
we
hit
the
peak
of
one
submarine
every
two
weeks.
A
So
it's
a
pretty
substantial
amount
of
submarines
from
this
facility
74
in
total
for
the
war
effort,
99
percent
of
the
output
of
this
plant
was
directed
for
war
purposes
and
that's
really
kind
of
a
record
more
than
any
other
shipyard
in
the
country.
For
recognition
of
that
contribution,
electric
boat
was
awarded
the
Navy
pennant,
with
four
stars
for
quality
efficiency
of
construction,
outstanding
performance
in
the
design,
construction
and
delivery
of
submarines
for
the
US
Navy.
That's
a
quote
the
that
wasn't
enough
submarines
for
the
Navy
at
the
time.
A
A
You
see
in
the
top
left
corner
that
usually
carried
one
deck
gun
to
any
aircraft
guns
and
it
had
a
major
armament
of
about
twenty
four
torpedoes
six
Bioforce
term
tubes,
so
it
had
a
pretty
pretty
and
firepower
that
a
crew
is
65
and
you
see
in
the
picture
of
the
barb,
let's
mentioned
as
one
of
the
ebee
ships.
In
the
era
magazine
print
advertisement,
the
flasher
was
actually
held
the
record
for
tonnage
sunk,
that's
over
a
hundred
thousand
two
hundred
and
thirty
one
tons
and
then
the
top
dog,
the
one.
A
Ninety
nine
achieved
the
record
for
the
greatest
number
of
enemy
ships
sunk.
If
you
kind
of
add
it
up
the
math,
you
would
see
that
the
eb
submarines
are
responsible
for
39
percent
of
all
Japanese
shipping
sunk
in
world
war.
Two.
So
that's
a
pretty
good
contribution
to
the
war
effort
Elko,
not
to
leave
them
out.
A
And
the
interesting
thing
about
this
is
there's
a
connection
that
would
come
following
this
john
f,
kennedy's
wife,
jacqueline
kennedy
actually
was
a
ship
sponsor
of
the
lafayette
in
the
60s
when
we
will
launch
that
boat.
So
he
this
connection
that
actually
spans
over
twenty
years
there
and
that
and
that
one
John
J
Hopkins,
was
president
of
electric
boat.
You
kind
of
see
the
years
here,
47
to
52
he
joined
EB
in
1937,
became
vice
president
1942.
A
A
A
lot
of
cancellations
over
40
submarine
trucks
are
canceled
in
1944,
so
he
basically
in
1948
as
president
purchased
him
in
the
air
which
was
kind
of
undervalued
at
the
time
and
he
started
to
create
a
corporation,
but
the
name:
electric
boat
didn't
really
jive
with
having
aircraft
operations.
So
that's
kind
of
the
motivation
to
creating
a
corporate
entity
that
would
actually
be
beyond
the
scope
of
electric
boats
at
the
time.
A
So
he's
the
guy
that
basically,
when
asked
by
Admiral
rickover
hey
you
want
to
do
my
Nautilus
nuclear-powered
submarine
unhesitatingly
said:
yes,
we're
all
on
we're
all
in
so
he
took
the
call
and
is
it
can
see
in
the
picture
about
80
years
after
Jules
ruins
published
his
novel.
You
can
see
that
where
you
were
off
embarking
on
a
nuclear-powered
submarine
development
with
captain
rickover
leading
the
charge
there,
that's
50
years
after
John
Holland
had
a
similar
pose.
A
So
the
issue
with
the
world
war,
two
diesels
is
the
problem
of
prolonged
submergence-
is
still
unsolved
and
nuclear
power
kind
of
was
the
solution
to
that.
So
the
batteries
had
limited
storage
capacity,
but
with
a
nuclear
reactor
you
had
unlimited
energy
capacity.
You
just
had
to
figure
out
a
way
to
tap
it.
So
captain
rickover
steam
began
working
with
Westinghouse
to
develop
the
reactor
and
electric
boat
was
selected
to
put
that
reactor
in
a
first
nuclear
powered
submarine
which
later
became
the
Nautilus.
A
A
So
the
Nautilus,
the
first
principles
of
nuclear
fission,
were
demonstrated
in
1939.
We
actually
demonstrated
for
peaceful
purposes
that
electricity
can
could
produce
could
be
produced
from
nuclear
fission.
That
demonstration
actually
incur
occurred
three
years
before
we
started
working
the
Nautilus
in
1951
at
a
test
reactor
in
Idaho.
A
So
the
time
line
went
pretty
quick
from
first
principles
to
generate
electricity,
powering
three
lightbulbs
to
actually
powering
a
whole
nuclear
submarine
with
a
reactor.
And
if
you
look
at
the
timeline
for
the
Nautilus,
the
fabrication
started
in
January
of
1952,
the
keel
laying
was
in
June
of
52.
Six
months
later,
the
launch
was
launched
basically
on
the
January
21st
1954
about
two
years
later
and
then
the
sea
trials.
A
A
So
the
Nautilus
really
started
the
error
of
the
first
generation
nuclear
submarine
that
electric
boat
would
be
key
in
developing
a
lot
of
the
innovations
for
and
let's
go
through.
Some
of
those,
this
submarine
was
a
key
innovation
for
for
all
future
naval
submarines
as
the
skipjack
and
585
again,
another
electric
boat
designed
basically
it's
a
two
hundred
and
fifty
two
foot
submarine.
So
it's
pretty
small
by
today's
standards
displays
2800
tons.
But
if
you
look
at
the
shape,
it
looks
like
a
big
whale
and
it's
really
designed
to
be
hydro.
A
Dynamically
superior
to
the
support
submerged
operations,
the
Nautilus
really
looked
like
a
diesel
or
surface
ship
which
submerged
the
skipjack,
was
actually
designed
and
optimized
to
be
submerged
the
whole
time
and
with
a
nuclear
reactor
that
didn't
need
to
go
to
the
to
the
surface
very
often
so
that
was
a
key
innovation.
You'll
see
on
a
chart.
I'll
show
you
in
a
few
minutes
how
that
was
reflected
in
the
follow-on
designs,
but
the
key
part
of
its
hull
form.
A
So
a
skipjack
submarine
was
actually
cut
in
half
and
the
missile
compartment
put
in,
and
the
reason
for
that
was
the
Navy
had
to
get
a
submerged
capability
to
see
as
rapidly
as
possible.
Due
to
what
was
suspected.
The
Soviets
were
developing
a
ballistic
missile
submarine
as
well
and
in
order
to
get
the
capability
to
see
fast.
Electric
boat
recommended
that
we
take
a
submarine
that
was
under
construction
happened
to
be
the
scorpion
at
the
time.
Was
a
skipjack
class
submarine?
Well
split
it
apart.
A
So
if
you
look
at
the
George
Washington
the
bow
in
the
stern,
a
really
skipjack
class
submarine
and
they
put
a
missile
compartment
in
that
with
16
missile
tubes,
and
that
was
done
to
actually
get
the
capability
see
earlier
from
what
was
projected
to
be
a
1964
test
launch
of
a
klaris
missile,
a
1960
test,
launch
of
a
Polaris
missile.
The
arms
race
was
on
the
urgency,
was
there
and
he
talked
to
the
folks.
At
the
time
I
mean
we
didn't
have
drawings
or
specs
a
lot
of
the
equipment
going
in.
A
This
picture
shows
the
actual
commissioning
ceremony
in
Groton
December
30
1959
57
years
ago,
so
it
was.
It
was
key
to
get
this
thing
built
and
get
it
out
to
sea.
So
it
was
the
beginning
of
a
run
of
submarines
that
electric
boat
would
design
off
all
past
and
future
submarines
of
the
SSBN
variety,
the
ballistic
missile
submarine
for
a
variety.
A
We
did
all
the
innovations
and
we
actually
did
the
the
the
designs
for
that
for
that
class,
that
first
generation
of
class
of
ballistic
missile
submarines,
it
ended
up
being
41
submarines,
not
all
were
built
by
electric
boat
electric
boat
built
17
of
them
17
of
the
41.
The
remaining
submarines
were
built
at
different
shipyards
throughout
the
country.
On
fact,
all
41
were
built
basically
in
eight
years
in
the
60s.
A
A
So
this
chart
kind
of
one
of
my
favorite
charts
shows
the
nuclear-powered
submarine
starting
with
the
Nautilus
and
what
you
see
there
is
if
it's
a
black,
if
it's
a
black
shape,
it's
a
design
that
electric
boat
did,
starting
with
the
Nautilus,
to
see
what
the
skate
you
can
see
him
there's
a
couple
of
Gold's
in
there.
Those
are
submarines
that
were
actually
designed
by
other
shipyards,
the
halibut
that
was
one
of
those
the
permit
and
Los
Angeles
class.
That's
at
Newport
News
design
and
then
the
Sea
Wolf
was
a
split
design.
A
So
much
creativity
actually
came
from
the
people
in
this
in
this
region,
developing
the
Navy's
submarine
capability
on
the
construction
side,
you
see
below
the
top
there
on
the
right
hand,
side
kind
of
where
we
were
in
construction,
so
the
the
shipyards
in
red
they're
no
longer
doing
submarine
construction,
some
of
them
out
of
business
altogether.
There's
just
us
in
Newport
News.
So
in
the
nuclear
submarine
error,
electric
boat
is
delivered
102
and
Newport
News
50:59.
A
The
first
generation
submarine
error,
was
kind
of
ending
the
41
for
freedom
on
the
right
hand,
side
the
Polaris
submarines,
those
were
all
delivered.
They
actually
had
3,000
strategic,
deterrent
patrols
between
that
that
group
and
then
on.
The
left-hand
side
was
one
of
the
later
first
generation
submarines,
the
sturgeon
designed
by
electric
boat.
We
built
12
of
those
37,
so
we
were
in
that
era.
Building
ssnz
and
SSB
ends
at
the
same
time
something
we're
going
to
be
facing
in
the
future.
A
Here,
in
the
near
term,
these
submarines
were
superior,
the
Soviet
submarines
in
all
respects,
and
that
was
a
key,
a
key
result
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
we
did.
Some
of
the
designs
we
did
in
developing
these
individual
classes
of
submarines,
every
class
improved
on
the
previous
every
class
we
learned
from
the
previous.
A
So
as
the
cold
war
progressed,
our
submarines
became
better
and
better
and
better
against
the
adversaries
both
holding
yes
assigns
that
risk
and
the
Soviets
SS
beings
at
risk
at
any
time
with
impunity
all
due
to
the
technology
that
went
and
the
innovation
that
went
in
the
submarines.
We
designed
we
lost
the
numbers
game
with
the
Soviets
in
terms
of
fleet
sizes,
but
we
had
it
in
in
technology
and
capability
and
stealth,
and
that's
really
what
you
needed
so
the
second
generation
of
submarines.
A
Really
we
had
the
we
had
the
support,
an
every
other
generation
demand
on
SSBNs,
so
the
41
for
freedom
submarines,
those
41
SSBNs,
those
were
going
to
get
replaced
in
electric
boat,
got
the
job
to
do
the
design
of
the
ohio-class
submarines,
which
would
replace
those
41
for
freedom
and
we
needed
to
expand
the
facility.
So
part
of
what
we
had
to
do
was
expand
the
footprint
to
support
the
concurrent
build
of
18,000
ton
submarine
the
Ohio.
We
moved
into
a
facility
that
became
available
up
at
in
Rhode
Island
at
Quonset,
Point,
Naval,
Air
Station.
A
In
1973.
We
turned
that
facility
into
a
center
for
modular
construction
excellence,
and
we
change
invented
new
processes
to
moderately
build
the
submarine
we,
the
first
few
years
of
construction,
would
begin
at
this
facility.
We
would
build
the
hull
cylinders
there.
We
start
outfitting
the
hull
cylinders
with
with
equipment
that
could
be
attached
to
the
hull
over
time.
We
added
decks
there
and
we
added
equipment
packages
and
over
time
we
actually
built
up
the
capability
of
that
facility
to
ship
completely
outfitted
home
hull
sections
down
to
the
final
assembly
yard
in
Groton.
A
This
shows
you
a
picture
of
the
Groton
waterfront,
so
this
is
basically
was
configured
to
do.
Multiple
final
assembly
test
operations
of
both
ohio-class
in
680
class
submarines.
You
can
see
in
the
picture
688
class
submarine
the
Bremerton
is
actually
sliding
in
the
river.
We
don't
launch
submarines
that
way
anymore
in
the
land
level
facility
to
the
right
of
that
was.
You
can
actually
see
ohio-class
submarines
on
that
land
level
facility
and
those
are
being
assembled,
so
the
ohio-class
was
primarily
designed
from
the
ground
up
to
be
modulae
built
in
that
in
that
facility.
A
You
see
in
the
background
there,
so
the
second
generation
submarines
started
joining
the
fleet
first
688
and
then
ohio-class
submarines
in
1981.
You
can
see
electric
boat
actually
design
the
Ohio
and
I
and
delivered
and
built
and
delivered
all
18
submarines
over
period
between
1974
and
1997,
the
688
class.
We
actually,
it
was
a
Newport
News
design,
but
we
actually
built
the
more
not
more
of
those
than
Newport
News
did
33
of
62,
so
it
was
a.
It
was
pretty
much
a
heyday
for
us.
A
We
reached
a
peak
employment
in
the
area
close
to
28,000
people,
and
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
do
to
get
this
capability
to
deliver
to
be
delivered
to
the
US
Navy.
This
is
still
the
height
of
the
Cold
War
and
and
these
submarines
were
a
generation
better
than
the
first
generation
nuclear
submarines.
A
So
we'll
talk
about
kind
of
the
Cold
War
ended
in
1989
I.
Think
it's
kind
of
the
date
most
folks
recognize.
That
was
when
the
Berlin
Wall
came
down.
What
happened
in
that
electric
boat
is
development
of
the
sea.
Wolf
submarine
was
actually
captured
the
same
year,
the
berlet
the
Berlin
Wall
came
down.
We
started
construction
of
this
new
class
of
30
submarines
and
it
was
designed
to
be
the
most
advanced
submarine
of
the
day
able
to
go
and
take
on
any
Soviet
threat.
A
Now
the
Soviets
at
the
time
were
actually
using
espionage
to
get
secret
submarine
technology
and
one
of
the
ways
they
did,
that
is,
people
may
remember
the
John
Walker
espionage
case
where
he
actually
sold
some
of
our
submarine
secrets
of
the
Soviet,
so
the
Soviets
knew
we
were
head
and
shoulders.
Above
where
they
were
so,
our
response
to
that
was
a
more
stealthy,
more
capable
submarine
called
the
Sea
Wolf
submarine
and,
as
I
mentioned,
that
started.
A
Construction,
but
kind
of
the
Cold
War
ended
in
the
Navy
in
the
next
three
years
actually
cancelled
the
program
to
one
submarine,
so
I
went
from
30
submarines
to
one
submarine
and
that
class
of
ships,
and
we
were
faced
with
a
big
dilemma
in
the
gentleman
in
this
picture.
Jim
Turner
actually
led
the
company
captured
the
Sea
Wolf
contract,
but
but
we
had
a
different
demand
scenario
start
to
unfold
in
the
90s.
A
The
Navy
cancelled
that
sea
wolf
program
and
electric
boat
kind
of
went
to
bat
to
re-engineer
our
processes
and
our
business
to
be
able
to
support
a
lot
lower
production
rate
of
submarines.
There
was
actually
a
gap
in
submarine
orders
between
1993
and
1997,
and
we
managed
to
work
with
the
Congress
to
get
to
more
sea
wall
submarines
restored
the
last
one,
the
Jimmy
Carter,
the
SSN
23
would
become
the
bridge
to
Virginia
class
submarine.
A
This
kind
of
shows
you.
The
challenge
we
had
here
on.
The
left
axis
is
1989.
We
start
with
a
healthy
backlog
of
Ohio,
688
and
sea
Wolf's.
We
had
an
employment
level
of
about
2,200
people.
At
that
time.
Three
types
of
submarines
were
doing
some
overhaul,
repair
work
and
19
submarines
in
backlog,
and
you
can
see
from
the
chart.
The
employment
levels
came
down
very
precipitously
so
that
in
1997
we
really
only
had
one
submarine
and
backlog
prior
to
starting
construction.
A
The
virginia-class
submarine
and
total
employment
was
under
7,500
people,
so
that
was
a
very
challenging
time.
We
had
to
perform
well
deliver
our
backlog
of
submarines,
which
consisted
of
Ohio's
in
688
and
the
first
two
sea
walls,
and
then
we
didn't
have
anything
else
to
do
except
get
ready
for
Virginia
construction.
So
over
time
Virginia
we
we
basically
implemented
a
teaming
agreement
with
our
one
competitive
Newport
News
in
1997
that
we
would
share
construction
of
the
Virginia
I.
A
Think
some
people
say
it's
better
to
share
one
than
to
have
none
and
we
we
did
evaluate
different
scenarios
and
one
of
them
was
a
going-out-of-business
scenario
on
this
or
a
mothballing
scenario.
So
you
know
so
that
so
that
became
kind
of
a
significant
event
for
us.
So
we
changed
the
business
around
a
support,
low-rate
production
and
we
started
working
on
the
Virginia
we
had
the
beat
on
time
was
starting
construction
in
that
Virginia
and
at
one
shift
per
year,
which
was
the
the
Navy
plan
for
many
many
years.
A
That
means
we
splitting
that
one
ship
per
year
with
Newport
News
or
really
had
a
half
a
ship
a
year
and
one
delivery
every
other
year,
and
that
was
the
early
phase
of
Virginia.
The
low
wait
for
production
phase
next
slide,
so
this
shows
you
some
of
the
submarines
we
delivered.
In
that
period,
the
sea
wolf
submarine
was
delivered.
1997,
followed
by
the
Connecticut,
had
to
put
the
Connecticut
up
the
SS
m22.
You
can
see
there.
A
We
built
all
three
sea,
wolf
submarines
and
basically
converted
the
last
one,
the
Jimmy
Carter
into
a
special
platform
we'll
talk
about
in
a
minute
next
slide.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we
started
a
construction
in
the
virginia-class
submarine
program
in
1998,
got
a
construction
contract
for
four
submarines
with
the
first
one
to
start
construction
followed
by
the
second
one
99.
So
that's
the
block
one
Virginia's
and
that
basically
kept
us
going
and
in
through
the
low
rate
production
years
today,
we've
gotten
12
submarines
delivered
just
36
more
ships
to
go
on
this
class
of
submarine.
A
So
we
got
a
lot
of
runway
in
front
of
us.
The
Jimmy
Carter
shown
here
in
the
picture.
We
actually
took
that
submarine.
While
it
was
under
construction
and
designed
a
special
hull
section,
100
foot
section,
2,500
tons,
you
can
see
it
on
the
right
hand,
side.
That
was
a
special
innovation
that
we
did
for
that
submarine
to
change
to
change
his
capability
into
a
special
classified
purpose,
but
it
was
a
major
design
effort
that
we
had
to
do.
It
was
innovative
and
it
was
what
the
Navy
needed
to
support
its
mission,
its
capability
requirements.
A
A
After
we
did
the
Jimmy
Carter,
we
started
work
on
conversions
of
four
ohio-class
SSP
ends
to
SSG
ends.
You
can
see
the
so
that's
the
first
four
of
the
class
we
built
a
team,
the
first
four
we're
coming
in
for
a
refueling
overhaul.
Two
at
the
Portsmouth
Naval
Shipyard,
two
at
Norfolk,
Naval
Shipyard,
electric
boat
got
the
job
actually
take
that
all
the
strategic
systems
out
of
that
missile
compartment
and
convert
it
to
a
tactical
mission
involving
tomahawk
strike
weapons.
You
can
see
in
the
picture.
We
basically
took
the
24
tubes.
A
In
addition,
we
we
had
a
big
capability
that
the
Navy,
valued
and
design-build
in
our
processes
for
developing
technology
and
integrating
them
in
platforms.
On
the
left
hand
side.
We
we
worked
with
Newport
News
on
his
carrier
design.
We
have
had
a
lot
of
capability
and
to
do
to
support
them
in
the
propulsion
plane
area.
So
we
had
folks
from
electric
boat
over
a
long
period
of
time
supporting
that
program
and
then
on
the
right-hand
side.
A
These
two
astute
as
a
program
last
ascent
program
in
the
UK
and
the
UK
at
a
little
bit
different
situation.
They
they
really
lost
their
capability
to
develop
an
effective
submarine
design
and
they
were
struggling
getting
this
ship
designed.
So
they
asked
through
the
Navy
electric
boat
to
help
out,
and
we
used
our
tools
and
processes
mainly
and
in
the
design
area
and
the
construction
planning
area
to
get
that
program
so
that
they
can
actually
deliver.
A
A
Okay,
so
a
little
bit
on
the
future
to
wrap
things
up
so
today
we're
14100
people.
You
know
we
got
a
pretty
bright
future.
You
can
see
the
lines
of
business
there.
Submarine
construction
involving
Virginia
classes,
two
blocks
to
build
yet
to
build.
We
have
major
design
efforts
supporting
the
fleet
in
supporting
construction,
as
well
as
designing
new
capability
for
the
Navy
and
the
Ohio
replacement
program
and
the
Virginia
payload
module.
We'll
talk
about
that
in
a
minute.
A
We
still
have
an
active
business
and
maintenance
and
modernisation
supporting
the
Navy,
availabilities
and
fleet,
and
you
can
see
kind
of
the
percentages
of
our
business.
Nearly
two-thirds
and
construction
about
one-third
and
engineering
designing
a
little
bit
on
overhaul
repair
side.
So
it's
a
it's
a
pretty
good.
It's
a
pretty
good
portfolio
of
capability
there,
the
Virginia
payload
module,
so
we're
really
taking
that's
Virginia
with
this
next
block,
this
block
five.
A
A
So
that's
a
couple
years
away,
but
you'll
actually
try
and
get
that
contract
landed
in
2018
I
expect
that
to
be
a
bigger
contract
on
the
block,
the
seventeen
billion
dollar
block
for
contract
we're
going
to
be
adding
about
eighty
three
feet
of
shift
to
the
Virginia
class
with
four
centerline
tubes.
As
you
see
in
the
picture,
and
that's
going
to
get
that
capability,
that's
going
to
come
out
of
service
on
the
Ohio
replacement.
Ssg
ends
come
out
of
service
in
the
mid-2020s.
A
So
so
that's
going
to
be
an
important
capability
for
the
Navy
to
look
for
precision
strike
using
tomahawk
you'll
be
able
to
use
this
platform
for
other
payloads
that
get
developed
over
the
period
and
it's
it's
going
to
be
a
good
program
for
EB
to
complete
this
design
and
get
it
on
the
contract.
The
other
major
design
effort
going
on
is
a
high
replacement
and,
as
I
mentioned,
this
one
is
gonna,
be
replacing
the
Ohio
class
so
that
hence
the
Ohio
replacement.
A
That's
a
good
name
for
now,
I
guess,
but
there's
going
to
be
12
of
these
submarines
to
replace
the
14
remaining
SSBN
Ohio
class
SSBNs.
This
is
a
major
job
foundational,
as
you
can
see
in
the
quote
on
the
bottom
foundational
to
our
national
security.
These
ships
maintain
constant
patrol
one
in
each
ocean
on
call
ready
to
respond
at
the
on
a
moment's
notice.
A
So
so
this
there's
pretty
much
a
very
significant
effort
going
on
to
develop
this
design
to
support
a
construction
start
in
October
of
2020
there's
over
3,000
people
developing
this
design,
we're
looking
at
getting
the
design
contract
under
contract
this
year.
Actually
so
we're
transitioning
from
kind
of
the
requirements
in
the
technology
development
phase
to
the
detailed
design
phase
that'll,
be
a
major
contract
for
the
region
and
supports
supports
all
the
development
of
the
design.
A
So
this
is
a
high
replacement,
is
central
to
the
security
of
the
nation,
and
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
time,
even
though
it
seems
like
we
have
a
lot
of
time
with
the
construction
start
in
2020.
This
submarine
will
be
on
patrol
in
2031
and
it's
a
seven-year
build.
We
still
got
to
complete
the
design,
so
it's
pretty
much
a
very
aggressive
schedule
to
get
all
this
done
and
get
that
capability
to
see.
A
We
still
plan
to
be
in
overall
repair
world,
supporting
the
Navy's
efforts
to
maintain
its
fleet,
the
fleets
get
and
run
pretty
high,
the
BMS
SSP
ends
and
the
SSP
ends
and
the
SS
ends
there
all
have
very
high
operational
availabilities
right
now.
It's
about
54
SSNs
in
navy,
maintains
10
of
these
SS
ends
and
for
deployed
situations
throughout
the
world
that
requires
a
fleet
of
50
submarines.
A
A
We
have
a
major
job
coming
up
in
the
this
year.
We
expect
to
start
a
major
availability
in
the
montpelier
and
we're
doing
the
pre-planning
for
that
and
expect
that
to
be
started
later
and
that'll
basically
employ
about
600
people
over
the
next
couple
years
to
get
that
done,
so
that
would
be
a
major
availability,
one
of
our
biggest
that
we've
ever
had.
The
other
thing
that
note
is
the
novelist's
is
coming
back
to
the
yard.
A
Coming
back
to
work
was
born
for
availability,
preservation,
availability,
inspection
and
so
forth,
so
that'll
be
an
opportunity
to
get
that
ship
back
60
years
later.
This
shows
you
kind
of
where
we're
headed
in
terms
of
demand.
The
left
shows
you
the
what
happened
on
the
trade
side,
where
we
did
a
high
o
class
submarines
and
succeeding
class
submarines.
Concurrently,
we
had
a
very
high
demand
or
bringing
a
lot
of
people
in
the
yard.
Both
the
Quonset
handle
in
the
Groton
shipyard
going
forward.
A
You
can
see
that
we're
kind
of
getting
back
to
that
mode
where
we'll
be
supporting
multiple
programs,
so
we
expect
to
do
a
lot
of
hiring
over
the
over
to
support
both
these
programs.
Over
the
next
15
years,
we
will
be
a
peak
Manning
on
the
order
of
18
15,000
people
from
where
we
are
today,
14,000
people
the
future.
So
this
this
is
a
print
ad
from
1945
additional
Fortune
magazine,
so,
but
but
really
what
we're
thinking
about
is
what's
after
Virginia,
and
this
is
really
our
future
to
capture.
A
As
you
can
see,
our
history
has
been
pretty
significant
in
terms
of
coming
up
with
innovation.
So
we've
we
have
begun
some
some
amount
of
studies
on.
What's
that
replacement
for
Virginia,
but
based
on
the
shipbuilding
plan,
that
submarine
is
going
to
start
construction
in
2034.
That
means
we're
going
to
be
in
a
design
development
effort,
starting
in
2024,
so
we're
really
really
starting
to
the
work
to
assess
what
the
technologies
are,
what
the
requirements
might
be.
In
that
timeframe,
we
have
a
conformed
group
that
works
that
problem,
along
with
folks
involved
in
technology
development.
A
Some
cases
we're
working
with
the
Navy
and
other
cases
we're
working
with
our
own
private
irad
funds,
which
has
been
the
heritage
of
the
company
all
along,
and
it's
really
our
future
to
develop
and
characterize
so
we'll
just
wrap
up
on
a
couple
quick
notes
here,
so
you
can
see
from
the
slide
16
ships
on
the
black
backlog
right
now.
That's
the
remaining
block
three
and
block
four
submarine
submarines.
A
11
submarines
are
under
construction
any
one
time
we
got
it
really
a
good
employment
outlook.
You
can
see
that
we're
working
on
positioning
the
company
for
growth
and
we
continue
to
want
to
be
a
strong
citizen
in
the
region.
A
priorities
are,
on
the
right
hand,
side
here,
safety,
obviously
performing
on
our
backlog.
So
we
can
demonstrate
value
to
our
company
and
continuous
improvements,
the
key
part
of
that
strategy
and
then
Workforce
Development.
We
know
we're
going
to
be
transitioning
people
into
the
business.
We
need
to
transfer
knowledge
of
the
folks
that
have
been
there.
A
You
know
we
were
a
fledgling
company
in
1915
I
kind
of
talked
about
some
of
the
history.
There
were
37
submarines
in
the
fleet
at
that
time
of
those
37
submarines,
33
were
built
by
electric
boat
at
four
different
shipyards,
the
basically
the
d1,
the
d2,
the
d3
in
the
e1.
Those
were
the
four
submarines
of
the
first
seven
that
arrived
at
the
submarine
base
in
1915.
That
e1,
as
I
mentioned,
was
the
first
diesel
submarine.
So
we,
basically,
you
know,
have
a
pretty
proud
tradition.
A
It's
closely
aligned
to
the
growth
of
the
submarine
base
up
up
at
the
upriver,
and
we
worked
very
closely
supporting
the
submarines
that
are
there.
The
15
or
16
submarines
are
there
and
we're
glad
to
look
look
ahead
for
another
hundred
years,
though
I'll
be
right
here.
If
you
want
to
come
up
and
chat
so.