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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. 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.

  4. Huntington Ingalls Industries - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Newport News Shipbuilders - Wikipedia

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    Under returning manager Brook Crist and Fred Payne, the Shipbuilders ended the regular season in first place with a 79–39 record, which was the best overall record in the league. Newport News finished 3.0 games ahead of the second place Portsmouth Foxes in the six-team league.

  6. Emergency Shipbuilding Program - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding: Newport News, Virginia 1940 C2 type, C3 type, P4 type, T3 type number 18 ships for MC (remainder for USN) Bethlehem Staten Island: Staten Island, New York January 1941 C1 type number 5 ships for MC (remainder for USN) Bath Iron Works: Bath, Maine August 1941 C2 type number 4 ships for MC (remainder for USN) Bethlehem ...

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  7. A new Virginia-class submarine has been delivered to the U.S. Navy: The future USS New Jersey. The fast-attack submarine was accepted from Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding ...

  8. USS Yosemite (1892) - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Launched: 16 March 1892: Acquired: 6 April 1898: Commissioned: 13 April 1898: Fate: Scuttled November 1900: General characteristics; Type: Auxiliary cruiser: Tonnage: 6,179 long tons (6,278 t) Length: 389 ft 2 in (118.62 m) Beam: 48 ft (15 m) Draft: 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m) Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph ...

  9. U.S.T. Atlantic-class supertanker - Wikipedia

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    Speed. 15.5 knots. The two ships of the U.S.T. Atlantic class, the U.S.T. Atlantic and U.S.T. Pacific, were the largest ships ever built in the Western Hemisphere . Newport News Shipbuilding were the builders, the only American shipbuilders with the facilities for ULCC construction.

  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 Carl Vinson - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding: Laid down: 11 October 1975: Launched: 15 March 1980: Commissioned: 13 March 1982: Homeport: San Diego: Identification: MMSI number: 369970409; Callsign: NCVV; Hull number: CVN-70; Motto: Vis Per Mare (Strength from the Sea) Status: in active service: Badge: General characteristics; Class and type: Nimitz-class ...