Electric Boat Corporation

Electric Boat Corporation has been a world leader in submarine development design and construction for more than a century. In 1900 the company delivered the Holland the first submarine accepted by the United States Navy. Fifty-five years later it turned fantasy into fact by sending the worlds first nuclear-powered ship the submarine Nautilus off on its maiden voyage. It later built the worlds first ballistic missile-firing submarine the George Washington and most of the nations current underseas fleet. Between those years it pioneered standardized construction of merchant ships submarine chasers torpedo boats and yachts and also produced airplanes fishing trawlers diesel engines and electric motors. This collection of more than 200 archival photographs traces the companys sometimes roller-coaster existence through 10 historic decades when America--and Electric Boat Corporation--grew into an industrial giant. It is an engaging collective portrait of American ingenuity know-how and persistence driving technology to new heights.