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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Electric Boat in North Kingstown celebrates ‘keel-laying’ of Mississippi submarine

‘keel-laying’ of Mississippi submarineThe hiss of an electric arc filled a cavernous building at General Dynamics Electric Boat Wednesday morning as welder Scott Fanning traced Allison F. Stiller’s initials onto a steel plate.

After Fanning, of Saunderstown, finished, Stiller proclaimed to a crowd of shipbuilders, sailors and dignitaries, “I declare this keel truly and fairly laid.”

With that, Electric Boat and its sub-building partner, Northrop Grumman Newport News celebrated the “keel-laying” of the Mississippi, the first milestone in the life of the ninth fast-attack nuclear submarine of the Virginia class.

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