Governor Chafee Says New Electric Boat Facility at Quonset Will Benefit RI Economy, Create Jobs

Governor Chafee celebrated the opening of a new waterfront facility for General Dynamics Electric Boat, one of Rhode Island's premier employers, on January 10. Electric Boat employs 2,200 workers at its Quonset Point Facility and around 1,500 Rhode Islanders at its Groton location.

The new facility at Quonset point will allow Electric Boat, a manufacturing firm that builds submarines, to construct two submarines per year as opposed to one. Electric Boat has a $14 billion multiyear contract with the U.S. Navy to build submarines and is a key player in Rhode Island's defense industry, which has an overall economic impact of almost $2 billion.