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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). The shipyard is a major employer, not only for the lower Virginia Peninsula, but ...
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States as well as a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. HII, ranked No. 375 on the Fortune 500, was formed on 31 March 2011, as a divestiture from Northrop Grumman. [5][6]
Newport News Shipbuilding: Newport News, Virginia: Memphis: Los Angeles-class submarine: For United States Navy. 14 April United Kingdom: Swan Hunter: Wallsend: Glasgow: Type 42 destroyer: For Royal Navy. 12 May United Kingdom: Yarrow Shipbuilders: Scotstoun: Broadsword: Type 22 frigate For Royal Navy. 17 May United Kingdom: Beverley ...
Ballpark. Lincoln Park (1900–1901) Horowitz Field (1911–1922) The Newport News Shipbuilders were a minor league baseball team based in Newport News, Virginia. The Shipbuilders first played as members of the Virginia League in 1900 and the 1901 Virginia-North Carolina League. Newport News then resumed minor league play in the 1911 season as ...
The tankers were built in 1979 at Newport News Shipbuilding's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. Each vessel cost approximately 136.4 million USD. [3] In June 2004, the Marine Atlantic—ex U.S.T. Atlantic—was sold to Indian breakers. After clearing Indian customs, she was intentionally beached in India for ship breaking. [4]
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia: 11 November 1943 11 April 1944 5 June 1944 6 October 1969 Sold for scrap, 6 April 1992 Rushmore: LSD-14 31 December 1943 10 May 1944 3 July 1944 30 September 1970 Sunk as a target, 16 April 1993 Shadwell: LSD-15 17 January 1944 24 May 1944 24 July 1944 9 March 1970 Scrapped, 2017 Cabildo: LSD-16
Website. www.as.edu. The Apprentice School is a four to eight-year apprenticeship vocational school founded in 1919 and operated by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in Newport News in the U.S. state of Virginia. The school trains students for careers in the shipbuilding industry.
Jennifer Boykin. Boykin in 2017, signing a steel plate used to begin the construction of USS Enterprise (CVN-80) Jennifer Boykin is an engineer, the first woman president [1] of Newport News Shipbuilding, [2][3] and the vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, [2][3] which is located in Newport News, Virginia.