Groton (/ˈɡrɒtən/ GRAH-tən) is a town in New London County, Connecticut located on the Thames River. It is the home of General Dynamics Electric Boat...
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success, but the Connecticut militia stubbornly resisted British attempts to capture Fort Griswold across the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut. New London...
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village and census-designated place (CDP) in Groton and Stonington, Connecticut. Mystic was a significant Connecticut seaport with more than 600 ships built...
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The City of Groton is a dependent political subdivision of the town of Groton, Connecticut. The city was settled in 1655 as Groton Bank, and the area developed...
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the Yantic River and Shetucket River at Norwich, Connecticut, to New London and Groton, Connecticut, which flank its mouth at Long Island Sound. The Thames...
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Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut, and in February 1946, Submarine Squadron 8 was commissioned at Groton. "In correspondence of 31 January...
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km) southeast of the central business district of Groton, a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. It is included in the Federal Aviation...
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Groton Long Point (GLP) is located within the town of Groton, on Fishers Island Sound, in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The year-round...
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USS Groton (SSN-694), the seventh Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Groton, Connecticut. The contract...
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of Connecticut, going back to 1776. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut...
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Naval Submarine Base New London (redirect from NS Groton)
is located in Groton, Connecticut directly across the Thames River from its namesake city of New London. In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy...
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Boston, Massachusetts, with stopovers in Bridgeport, New Haven, and Groton, Connecticut. On February 21, 1982, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 operating...
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U.S. Route 1A (redirect from U.S. Route 1 Alternate (Groton, Connecticut))
reverted to its old surface alignment. U.S. Route 1A (US 1A) in Groton, Connecticut, was routes along Long Hill Road from the I-95 exit 85 offramp to...
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USS Nautilus (SSN-571) (category Ships built in Groton, Connecticut)
preserved as a museum ship at the Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton, Connecticut, where the vessel receives around 250,000 visitors per year. The...
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USS George Washington (SSBN-598) (category Ships built in Groton, Connecticut)
keel was laid down at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut on 1 November 1958. The first of her class, she was launched on 9...
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$209 Million for Future Virginia-class Submarines" (Press release). Groton, Connecticut: General Dynamics - Electric Boat. 1 July 2013. Archived from the...
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apple wine during a ceremony held at the Electric Boat facility in Groton, Connecticut. She was delivered to the Navy on 17 April 2020, and commissioned...
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Groton Long Point Yacht Club (GLPYC) was charted in 1934 in the beach community of Groton Long Point, Connecticut and remains active today. Functioning...
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Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) Stationed at Groton-New London Airport in Groton, Connecticut is one of four maintenance support group that performs...
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Groton may refer to: Groton, Suffolk Groton, Connecticut, a town Groton (city), Connecticut, within the town Groton, Massachusetts, a town Groton (CDP)...
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The Groton Monument, sometimes called the Fort Griswold Monument, is a 135 feet (41 m) granite obelisk in Groton, Connecticut dedicated to the defenders...
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Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Groton in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,205 at the 2010 census...
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General Dynamics Electric Boat (category Companies based in New London County, Connecticut)
than 100 years. The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode...
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USS Cuttlefish (SS-171) (category Ships built in Groton, Connecticut)
the cuttlefish. Her keel was laid down by Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 21 November 1933 sponsored by Mrs. B. S. Bullard...
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October 2023, during a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Connecticut. The first USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) was a Los Angeles-class...
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off the coast of New London, but part of New York) Connecticut College Arboretum Fort Griswold (Groton) Fort Trumbull United States Coast Guard Academy...
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Gold Star Memorial Bridge (category Road bridges in Connecticut)
U.S. Route 1 across the Thames River between New London, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut. The bridge is the largest structure in the state, with more...
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USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) (category Ships built in Groton, Connecticut)
to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 29 November 1982 and her keel was laid down there on 10 January...
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Kevin Wildes (sportscaster) (category People from Groton, Connecticut)
alongside Nick Wright and Chris Broussard. Wildes is a native of Groton, Connecticut. Wildes graduated from La Salle University in Philadelphia. In 2011...
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Representative town meeting (section Connecticut)
Wethersfield, Connecticut, however, requires "minority representation" so that no one party can control the RTM. Groton, Connecticut, specifically allows...
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