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Aerial view of the Newport News shipyard in 1994. Visible in the drydocks are USS Long Beach and USNS Gilliland. Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the ...
America in Bremerhaven, 1958 Two ships with the same name. SS America alongside the new aircraft carrier USS America at Newport News, c. 1964. America's postwar career was successful, if uneventful. Finally, it was able to sail the New York–Le Havre–Bremerhaven–Cobh route that had been delayed by World War II.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia was awarded the contract to build USS San Francisco on 1 August 1975, and her keel was laid down on 26 May 1977. She was launched on 27 October 1979, sponsored by Mrs. Robert Y. Kaufman, and commissioned on 24 April 1981 with Commander J. Allen Marshall in command.
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.
SS California entering Havana Harbor, Cuba in 1934.. California was the first of three sister ships built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia for the Panama Pacific Lines, a subsidiary of American Line Steamship Corporation which was a part of J. P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Company.
Pages in category "Ships built in Newport News, Virginia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 296 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A-type cargo ship For Lamport & Holt. [21] 1 July United Kingdom: Harland & Wolff: Belfast: War Bamboo: A-type cargo ship For British Shipping Controller. [22] 3 July United States: Newport News Shipbuilding: Newport News, Virginia: Trinity: Patoka-class oiler: For United States Navy: 6 July Japan: Mitsubishi: Kobe: Submarine No. 27 : Type L2 ...
Newport News (/ ˌ n uː p ɔːr t-,-p ər t-/) [6] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States.At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States.