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Learn about the history and operations of Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries and the sole designer and builder of aircraft carriers for the US Navy. The shipyard, founded in 1886, has built more than 800 ships and is a major employer in Virginia and North Carolina.
Learn about the history and operations of the oldest and largest U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia. The shipyard was founded in 1767 as Gosport Shipyard and has been rebuilt several times after being destroyed by wars and fires.
Newport News is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, on the northern shore of the James River. It was part of Warwick County until 1896, when it was incorporated as a city.
5 ships for MC, 44 for US Navy, 26 for Royal Navy Western Pipe & Steel: South San Francisco, California April 1941 C1 type, C3 type 4 ways 23 ships for MC Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard: Richmond, California August 1941 British Ocean type, EC2 type, VC2 type 7 ways 30 ships for UK, 191 ships for MC Kaiser Richmond No. 2 Yard: Richmond, California
Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), is one of two nuclear shipyards in the U.S. and is currently working on building the Ford-class aircraft carrier and ...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is the largest U.S. military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services. HII is named after its founders, Collis Potter Huntington and Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr., and operates in Virginia, Mississippi, and other locations.
December 2, 1969 [1] Drydock Number One is the oldest operational drydock facility in the United States. Located in Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia , it was put into service in 1834, and has been in service since then.
Today, it hosts the Huntington Ingalls Industries Shipbuilding company and Newport News Shipbuilding, the largest military ship building company in the United States. Newport News is home to The Mariners' Museum and Park. The museum is located at 100 Museum Drive in Newport News, Virginia. (1994) Aerial view of the Newport News shipyard.