senators at the ceremony to continue the fight for the third Seawolf.ĭalton, calling the Seawolf “the finest ship in the world,” said the United States should have learned from World War II the importance of being prepared for war even when peace seems to be at hand.
He urged the half dozen congressmen and U.S. “They have been a good company and a good neighbor,” Almond said. In a few years, those figures could be cut byhalf. EB’s hull fabrication plant at Quonset Point, R.I., has about 2,000 workers, while the shipyard in Groton employs about 12,500. Lincoln Almond, who reminded listeners that both his state and Connecticut depend heavily on EB for employment. Those job losses were noted by Rhode Island Gov. He also described the restructuring that is helping EB cut overhead costs - and eliminate thousands of jobs. Lessons learned through the Seawolf program are helping to cut the cost of next-generation submarines, said Turner. outlined what the shipyard is doing to make submarines affordable at low rates of production.
Opponents want all nuclear shipbuilding to be consolidated at Newport News (Va.) Shipbuilding, but the Navy doesn’t want to give one yard a monopoly.ĭalton used Saturday’s ceremony to explain why the Navy needs Seawolf-class submarines, while EB President James E. Secretary Dalton, speaking after the ceremony, said he thinks the Pentagon position will prevail later this year when a House-Senate compromise committee works out differences between the two versions of the defense spending plan.
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