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

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   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.

3. The Shipping News - Wikipedia

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   The Shipping News is a novel by American author E. Annie Proulx and published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1993. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, [1] the U.S. National Book Award, as well as other awards. [2] It was adapted as a film of the same name which was released in 2001.

4. Daily Press (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   The Daily Press published its first edition on January 4, 1896, just 12 days before the General Assembly declared Newport News a city on January 16, 1896. Charles E. Thacker owned and edited the paper from a small printing shop in the basement of the First National Bank at 28th Street and Washington Avenue.

5. Newport-class tank landing ship - Wikipedia

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   Newport class [9] Hull No. Ship name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate LST-1179 Newport: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 November 1966 3 February 1968 7 June 1969 1992 Sold to Mexican Navy as ARM Papaloapan: LST-1180 Manitowoc: 1 February 1967 4 June 1969 24 January 1970 1993

6. The Apprentice School - Wikipedia

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   The school is physically located at Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding. Some of the upper-level academic courses are taken at Thomas Nelson Community College and Tidewater Community College. [citation needed] In December 2013, Newport News Shipbuilding officially opened up the new Apprentice School, located on Washington ...

7. Newport News Middle Ground Light - Wikipedia

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   An L-shaped shoal sits in the middle of major shipping lanes just off the coast of Hampton Roads, Virginia, creating a hazard in the 1880s as ships drew more water. The US Lighthouse Board identified the need for a lighthouse in this area in 1887, and, after several economizing changes to the design, construction began in 1890 and was completed ...