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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 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 ...
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
The contract to build George C. Marshall was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 29 July 1963 and her keel was laid down there on 2 March 1964. She was launched on 21 May 1965, sponsored by Katherine Tupper Marshall, widow of General Marshal.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company: Laid down: 23 January 1970: Launched: 22 September 1971: Sponsored by: Pat Nixon: Acquired: 7 February 1974: Commissioned: 16 February 1974: Decommissioned: 9 July 1999: Stricken: 9 July 1999: Identification: Callsign: NKIN; Hull number: CGN-36; Nickname(s) Golden Grizzly: Fate: Nuclear ship ...
1970–1979. South Carolina was launched on 1 July 1972 and commissioned as DLGN-37 on 25 January 1975. She was redesignated CGN-37 six months later in the Navy's major type realignment of 30 June 1975. South Carolina was built at Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia.
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.