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  2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    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 Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including ...

  3. List of ship launches in 1969 - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding: Newport News: El Paso: Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship For United States Navy: 17 May United States: Electric Boat: Groton, Connecticut: Flying Fish: Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy: 24 May United States: Ingalls Shipbuilding: Pascagoula, Mississippi: Inchon: Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ...

  4. USS Newport News (CA-148) - Wikipedia

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    Aviation facilities. 2 × aircraft catapults. Helipad (later conversion) 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.

  5. A new Virginia-class submarine has been delivered to the U.S. Navy: The future USS New Jersey. The fast-attack submarine was accepted from Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News...

  6. USS Arkansas (SSN-800) - Wikipedia

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    Arkansas. (SSN-800) USS Arkansas (SSN-800) is a Virginia -class nuclear powered attack submarine currently being built for the United States Navy. She is the twenty-seventh boat of the class and the fifth vessel to be named for the U.S. state of Arkansas. She was ordered on 28 April 2014, and named during a ceremony on 15 June 2016 by Secretary ...

  7. The Apprentice School - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. SS California (1927) - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding: Yard number: 315: Laid down: 20 March 1926: Launched: 1 October 1927: Sponsored by: Mrs. Roland Palmedo: Completed: January 1928: Maiden voyage: 28 January 1928: In service: 1928: Out of service: 29 March 1954: Renamed: SS Uruguay in 1938: Refit: 1938, 1942, 1947: Homeport: New York: Identification: official number ...

  9. Newport News Shipbuilders - Wikipedia

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    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.

  10. USS Zeilin (APA-3) - Wikipedia

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    USS Zeilin (APA-3) was an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship launched for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) on 19 March 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia as Silver State. After operation by commercial lines for the USSB, during which the ship was renamed President Jackson, the ship ...

  11. Category:Ships built in Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    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)