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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 ).
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 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)
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.
USS Newport News may refer to the following ships operated by the United States Navy: USS Newport News (AK-3), was a German cargo ship named Odenwald, taken over by the US Navy during World War I; USS Newport News (CA-148), was a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser in service from 1948 to 1978
History; United States; Name: USS Yosemite: Namesake: Yosemite Valley: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Launched: 16 March 1892: Acquired: 6 April 1898: Commissioned: 13 April 1898: Fate: Scuttled November 1900: General characteristics; Type: Auxiliary cruiser: Tonnage: 6,179 long tons (6,278 t) Length: 389 ft 2 in (118.62 m ...
History; United States; Name: USS Newport News: Namesake: The City of Newport News, Virginia: Awarded: 19 April 1982: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding: Laid down: 3 March 1984: Launched: 15 March 1986: Commissioned: 3 June 1989: Homeport: Groton, Connecticut: Identification: MMSI number: 369970208; Callsign: NHTV; Motto: Magni Nominis Umbra ...
History; United States; Name: USS Proteus: Namesake: Proteus: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company: Laid down: 31 October 1911: Launched: 14 September 1912: Commissioned: 9 July 1913: Decommissioned: 25 March 1924: Stricken: 5 December 1940: Fate: Sold, 8 March 1941; Lost at sea, November 1941; General characteristics; Class ...
History; Name: 1903: St. Jan; 1907: Odenwald; 1917: Newport News; 1925: Arctic; Namesake: 1903: St Jan, Danish West Indies; 1907: Odenwald; 1917: Newport News, Virginia; 1925: Arctic; Owner: 1904: Dansk Vestindiske Kompagni; 1905: Østasiatiske Kompagni; 1907: Hamburg America Line; 1919: US Shipping Board; 1925: Alaska Packers' Association ...
Dorothy is a tugboat and the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, currently on display in the yard. Dorothy is one of the oldest surviving ships in Virginia. She was built in 1890 and launched in 1891. History