Report of Survey Conducted at Electric Boat Corporation, Quonset Point Facility North Kingstown, RI
Abstract
Electric Boat Company was established in 1899 to implement submarine designs by John Phillip Holland, an Irish schoolteacher, dreamer, engineer and single-minded genius whose love of the sea and superior talents for machine design made him the architect of the modern submarine that has revolutionized naval warfare. On November 23, 1973, Electric Boat opened its Quonset Point Facility (EBQP) in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, on Narragansett Bay. The 169-acre facility has access to water, air, rail, and interstate highway systems. Here, major submarine components and hull cylinders are cut, machined, and formed using digitally controlled machines. This precision process is driven by the electronically transmitted digital design data from the design team at Electric Boat's Groton, Connecticut Facility The completed submarine hull cylinders are outfitted with tanks, propulsion and auxiliary machinery, cruise missile and torpedo tubes, piping, wiring, and lighting, and are then barged to Groton or Northrop Grumman at Newport News, Virginia, for completion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA421993
Entities
People
- Anne Marie T. Suprise
- Carlisle Hiers