Joe Courtney: New submarine facility will define Connecticut’s economy
13 Sep 2019
On Friday, a ceremonial groundbreaking will represent the start of construction of a facility that will help define the economy of Connecticut and southern New England for decades to come.
The $800 million production facility for the Columbia-class submarine program is a generational enterprise that has and will employ thousands of trades workers, engineers, designers and planners to replace a critical fleet of aging Ohio-class submarines that have been on patrol for over 40 years. The new submarines are the U.S. Navy’s top acquisition priority, and on-time delivery is a vital part of our nuclear deterrent force that has been on silent patrol since the 1960s.
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Groton — The crew members of the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Toledo (SSN 769) were reunited Thursday, when the sub returned to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton.
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