General Dynamics Electric Boat has acquired land for a big new warehouse in eastern Connecticut to support submarine construction at its Groton shipyard, as the U.S. Navy continues to signal plans for a major expansion of the fleet. On Jan. 2, Electric Boat completed the $5.5 million purchase of a 55-acre commercial property just off Interstate 95 in North Stonington from a real estate affiliate of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which operates the nearby Foxwoods Resort Casino, according to town records. Electric Boat plans to build a 480,000-square-foot warehouse at the 45 Frontage Road property, equating to about eight football fields in total space. Columbia hull sections are being fabricated at an auxiliary Electric Boat shipyard in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, then barged to Groton for final assembly in a new building for Columbia subs on the Thames River.
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