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Groton, Connecticut is the home of the Electric Boat Corporation, the major contractor for submarine work for the US Navy.
Groton is on the shore of New England.
The first diesel-powered submarine was commissioned in Groton on February 14, 1912.
On January 21, 1954 the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched from Groton.
