Electric Boat Company is a crisp & toasty Vienna lager with some slight caramel sweetness and low hop bitterness. Modern Submarine launches in New Jersey! In 1898 a successful John Holland built and launched the first truly practical submarine in the waters of New Jersey. Hollands real breakthrough came by combining the lessons of the past. Specifically, the electric motor, the electric battery, and the internal combustion engine. His machines would go on to evolve into the modern submarine and make a major contribution to the modern world. Holland created The Electric Boat Company which has been the primary builder of Submarines in the United States for over 1 years