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2. Dorothy (1891 tug) - Wikipedia

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   Dorothy is a tugboat and the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, currently on display in the yard. [1] Dorothy is one of the oldest surviving ships in Virginia. [2] She was built in 1890 and launched in 1891. [3]

3. USS Texas (SSN-775) - Wikipedia

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   USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth warship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of Texas.. The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.) on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 12 July 2002. [1]

4. Norfolk Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia

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   In 1794, United States Congress passed "An Act to Provide a Naval Armament," allowing the Federal Government to lease the Gosport Shipyard from Virginia. In 1799 the keel of USS Chesapeake, one of the first six frigates authorized by Congress, was laid, making her the first ship built in Gosport for the U.S. Navy.

5. Los Angeles-class submarine - Wikipedia

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   Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News: 8 January 1971 8 January 1972 6 April 1974 13 November 1976 4 February 2011 34 years, 2 months and 22 days Disposed of by submarine recycling N/A [35] Baton Rouge: SSN-689 18 November 1972 26 April 1975 25 June 1977 13 January 1995 17 years, 6 months and 19 days Disposed of by submarine recycling N/A [36]

6. USAHS Acadia - Wikipedia

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   USAHS Acadia was the first United States Army Hospital Ship in World War II. Built in 1932 by Newport News Shipbuilding as a civilian passenger/cargo ocean liner for the Eastern Steamship Lines, the ship was in US coastal and Caribbean service prior to its acquisition by the US Maritime Administration in 1941.

7. Mariners' Museum and Park - Wikipedia

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   The museum was founded in 1930 by Archer Milton Huntington, son of Collis P. Huntington, a railroad builder who brought the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Warwick County, Virginia, and who founded the City of Newport News, its coal export facilities, and Newport News Shipbuilding in the late 19th century.

8. C. Michael Petters - Wikipedia

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   From 2008 until his appointment in 2011, he was the president of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. Prior to this position, he was the president of Northrop Grumman's Newport News sector. [4] Petters first came to Newport News Shipbuilding in 1987 in their Los Angeles-class submarine construction division. He held a number of positions that ...

9. Homer L. Ferguson High School - Wikipedia

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   Ferguson High School was a high school in Newport News, Virginia, United States. It was named after Homer L. Ferguson, the president of Newport News Shipbuilding from July 22, 1915, until July 31, 1946. It was operated by Newport News Public Schools.