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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 ).
1970s. In 1969–1970, Enterprise returned to Newport News Shipbuilding and went through an overhaul and her second refitting. In January 1971, she completed sea trials with newly designed nuclear reactor cores that contained enough energy for 10 years.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. - LCC 20; Operators: United States Navy: In commission: 1970 - Present: Planned: 3: Completed: 2: Cancelled: 1: Active: 2: General characteristics; Displacement: 18,874 long tons (19,176.89 metric tons) full load: Length: 634 ft (193 m) Beam: 108 ft (33 m) Draft: 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) full load: Propulsion
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)
L. Mendel Rivers (1905–1970), U.S. Representative from South Carolina ' s 1st Congressional District (1941–1970) Ordered: 1 July 1969: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company: Laid down: 26 June 1971: Launched: 2 June 1973: Sponsored by: Margaret Rivers Eastman and Marion Rivers: Commissioned: 1 February 1975: Decommissioned ...
U.S. military aircraft carrier USS Ranger launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. 1937 – Aberdeen Gardens (housing) built in nearby Hampton for shipworkers. 1942 – U.S. military Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation headquartered in Newport News during World War II. 1945 – Citizens Rapid Transit Co. founded.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company: Laid down: 24 February 1958: Launched: 16 March 1960: Commissioned: 9 February 1961: Decommissioned: 15 September 1990: Stricken: 15 September 1990: Fate: Entered the Submarine Recycling Program on 1 October 1995: General characteristics; Class and type: Skipjack-class submarine: Displacement ...
First Lady Pat Nixon christens California on September 22, 1971. The contract to build California was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 13 June 1968 and her keel was laid down on 23 January 1970.
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.