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Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in the city of Newport News , Virginia , its facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km 2 ).
USS Newport News (CA–148) was the third and last ship of the Des Moines-class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first fully air-conditioned surface ship and the last active all-gun heavy cruiser in the United States Navy.
Newport News Shipbuilding. Founded in 1886, HII's Newport News Shipbuilding, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, is the nation’s sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines.
History; United States; Name: Midway: Namesake: Battle of Midway: Ordered: 1 August 1942: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding: Laid down: 27 October 1943: Launched: 20 March 1945: Commissioned: 10 September 1945: Decommissioned: 11 April 1992: In service: 1945: Out of service: 1992: Stricken: 17 March 1997: Nickname(s) Midway Magic: Status ...
Built. 1767 as Gosport Shipyard ( Royal Navy) current name since 1862 ( U.S. Navy) In use. 1767–present. Garrison information. Current. commander. CAPT James "Jip" Mosman (June 2023–present) The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building ...
Newport News was merely an area of farm lands and a fishing village until the coming of the railroad and the subsequent establishment of the great shipyard. As a 16-year-old in 1837, Collis P. Huntington had visited the rural village known as Newport News Point.
SS Cape Jacob. USS Carl Vinson. USS Casa Grande. USS Catamount. Charles N. Curtis - Sea Scout Ship 110. USS Charleston (C-22) USS Charleston (LKA-113) USS Charlotte (SSN-766) USS Cheyenne (SSN-773)
History; United States; Name: USS Proteus: Namesake: Proteus: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company: Laid down: 31 October 1911: Launched: 14 September 1912: Commissioned: 9 July 1913: Decommissioned: 25 March 1924: Stricken: 5 December 1940: Fate: Sold, 8 March 1941; Lost at sea, November 1941; General characteristics; Class ...
History; Name: 1903: St. Jan; 1907: Odenwald; 1917: Newport News; 1925: Arctic; Namesake: 1903: St Jan, Danish West Indies; 1907: Odenwald; 1917: Newport News, Virginia; 1925: Arctic; Owner: 1904: Dansk Vestindiske Kompagni; 1905: Østasiatiske Kompagni; 1907: Hamburg America Line; 1919: US Shipping Board; 1925: Alaska Packers' Association ...
History; United States; Name: Delaware: Namesake: State of Delaware: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding: Laid down: 11 November 1907: Launched: 6 February 1909: Commissioned: 4 April 1910: Decommissioned: 10 November 1923: Fate: Broken up, 1924: General characteristics; Class and type: Delaware-class battleship: Displacement: Normal: 20,380 ...