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Bollinger Delivers Barge To GD Electric Boat To Support Sub Work

Monday, December 13th, 2021

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Bollinger Delivers Barge To GD Electric Boat To Support Sub Work

The Ocean Transport Barge Holland arriving at General Dynamics’ Electric Boat facility in Groton, Conn in late 2021. (Photo: General Dynamics Electric Boat)

Bollinger Shipyards delivered an Ocean Transport Barge, named Holland, to General Dynamics’ Electric Boat [GD] at its Groton, Conn., shipyard on Nov. 29 to support construction and maintenance of submarines. In November 2019, GD chose Bollinger to build the 400 by 100 foot barge, with concept and contract design performed by the Bristol Harbor Group in Rhode Island. Bollinger performed the detail design engineering at its Lockport, La., facility and built the barge at its marine fabrication facility in Amelia,…

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