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  2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Mariners' Museum and Park - Wikipedia

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    The museum was founded in 1930 by Archer Milton Huntington, son of Collis P. Huntington, a railroad builder who brought the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Warwick County, Virginia, and who founded the City of Newport News, its coal export facilities, and Newport News Shipbuilding in the late 19th century. Huntington and his wife Anna acquired ...

  4. Newport News Shipbuilders - Wikipedia

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    Newport News ended the season with a 7069 record. With the returning Harry Mathews, Matt Broderick and Harry Spratt serving as managers, the Shipbuilders finished 22.5 games behind the first place Norfolk Tars. Newport News pitcher Carroll Barton threw a no hitter on August 26, 1914.

  5. USS Newport News (CA-148) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. The fast-attack submarine was accepted from Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding division in late April, according to the U.S. Navy.

  7. USS Enterprise (CVN-80) - Wikipedia

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    CVN-80 is being built by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. CVN-80 is the first aircraft carrier completely designed and built through digital platforms.

  8. USS Proteus (AC-9) - Wikipedia

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    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 and type: Proteus-class collier: Displacement: 19,000 long tons (19,000 ...

  9. USS Carl Vinson - Wikipedia

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    Design and construction. The keel was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding on 11 October 1975, and on 15 March 1980 the ship was launched/ christened. Congressman Carl Vinson became the first person in the history of the United States Navy to witness a ship's launching in his honor. [citation needed]

  10. Dorothy (1891 tug) - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy is a tugboat and the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, currently on display in the yard. Dorothy is one of the oldest surviving ships in Virginia. She was built in 1890 and launched in 1891. History

  11. USS Newport News (SSN-750) - Wikipedia

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    USS Newport News (SSN-750), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Newport News, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid