Industry: Labor Situation At US Submarine Shipyards Improving
The US Navy’s two largest submarine shipbuilders reported a strong hiring and workforce retention period for the third quarter of this year.
The US Navy’s two largest submarine shipbuilders reported a strong hiring and workforce retention period for the third quarter of this year.
The U.S. Navy commissioned the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) on October 14 in Groton, Connecticut.
HII and GDEB announced they will integrate 3D printing into the shipbuilding process for nuclear-powered submarines.
Electric Boat held a keel laying ceremony for the Virginia-class submarine Tang at its facility in Quonset Point.
The U.S. Navy’s sixth Block IV Virginia-class attack submarine, USS Iowa (SSN 797), was christened on June 18, 2023.
The USS Jimmy Carter is currently the U.S. Navy’s principal seabed warfare submarine, specially fitted for covert spy missions deep beneath the waves. Now plans
Secretary of the U.S. Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced during the U.S. Naval Academy’s Submarine Officer Selectee Dinner that future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN-808 will be named USS John H. Dalton (SSN 808).
Austal announced that it has been awarded a time and material (T&M) contract by General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) for structural assembly fabrication in support of the US Navy Virginia Class submarine program.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) personnel successfully docked the submarine USS John Warner (SSN 785) for the shipyard’s first Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Virginia-class Extended Dry-docking Selected Restricted Availability (EDSRA), Jan. 11.
General Dynamics Electric Boat held a keel-authentication ceremony for the 30th Virginia-class submarine, the future USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 2022.