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The Navy constructed
nuclear-powered submarines in its own shipyards at Mare Island, California,
and Kittery, Maine. But private companies have built most submarines.
The oldest of these is Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut, which sold
the Navy its first submarine in 1900 and also built the first nuclear-powered
submarine. Other commercial shipyards included Newport News Drydock and
Shipbuilding Co., Virginia, which built its first submarine in 1905; New
York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; Fore River Shipbuilding Co.,
Quincy, Massachusetts; and Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Submarines also return to shipyards for periodic overhauls and maintenance.
Newport News, Virginia
Shipyard
Four boomers are shown in the final stages of construction at Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in October 1962. Courtesy Newport
News Shipbuilding
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This 1957 photograph
shows three nuclear-powered submarines under construction at Electric
Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut: USS Skipjack (SSN-585), USS Skate
(SSN-578), and USS Triton (SSRN-586). U.S. Navy Photo
Seven shipyards have
built nuclear-powered submarines, one on the West Coast, one on the Gulf
Coast, the rest along the East Coast.
Kittery, Maine
Shipyard
USS Sand Lance (SSN-660), a Sturgeon-class fast attack, undergoes final
checks at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, shortly before her
November 1969 launch. Courtesy U.S. Naval Institute
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