Electric Boat & Newport News Shipbuilding

Personally I feel Electric Boat is more expierienced at making submarines, but both make excellent submarines. During the Cold War EB and Newport News competed for new submarine contracts, for example the 688 class. General Dynamics bought Electric Boat in 1958(I have to recheck to make sure thats correct). Electric Boat was originally founded by John Phillip Holand the founder of modern submarines. Now, EB and Newport News are teaming up together on the NSSN, and most likely, since it reduces cost, any other future sub class. Added all up the Seawolf program, which consists of 3 subs, is about $9 billion. Teaming up will reduce the price and will keep both companies open, and in Newport News' case, keep them building submarines. Newport News also builds aircraft carriers and other types of surface ships. People say that Seawolf will be the last sub without a major cost limit. Electric Boat is located in Groton, Connecticut, and has made the first nuclear submarine USS Nautilus, has launched that last submarine to slide USS Columbia, has also made the highly advanced USS Seawolf, and has designed and codesigned every class of US submarine. Electric Boat is officially known as General Dynamics Electric Boat Division. Newport News Shipbuilding is located in Newport News, Virginia and builds all kinds of surface vessels as well.

Electric Boat(Has lots of information and good pictures)

Newport News Shipbuilding(Has A great sub screen saver)