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General Dynamics Delivers Submarine Missouri

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

July 30, 2010

Photo courtesy General Dynamics Electric Boat

Photo courtesy General Dynamics Electric Boat

General Dynamics Electric Boat today delivered the nuclear-powered attack submarine Missouri (SSN-780) to the U.S. Navy in a record 65 months and eight percent under target cost. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD).

The 65-month delivery schedule beat the previous best for a Virginia-class submarine by five months. In addition, Missouri required 600,000 fewer labor hours to finish than the last submarine delivered at Electric Boat, USS New Hampshire (SSN-778).

At its float off last November, Missouri was 90% complete, another benchmark for the Virginia Class. Missouri will join the fleet in a commissioning ceremony Saturday at the Groton submarine base.

Missouri is the seventh ship of the Virginia Class, the Navy's first major combatant ships designed for post-Cold War missions. Virginia-class submarines embody the war-fighting and operational capabilities required to dominate the littorals while maintaining undersea dominance in the open ocean.

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