General Dynamics Subsidiary Lays Keel of USS District of Columbia Ballistic Submarine
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has hosted a keel laying ceremony in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, to formally start the construction of the U.S. Navy’s first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine. The keel plate of the USS District of Columbia, designated as SSBN 826, bore the initials of Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the sponsor of the […] More