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Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia, from space, July 1996 (Newport News is seen in the upper left quadrant) Newport News has a long history dating back to the days of Jamestown, Virginia.
Designed under Ship Characteristics Board project SCB-127C, [9] the ship's keel was laid on inclined Shipway 8 by Newport News Shipbuilding on 22 October 1964. By 1965, the larger semi-submerged Shipway 11 became available, where final construction was completed. [10]
While shipbuilding was halted for a while due to the destruction of many buildings, most vehicles and the large overhead cranes are the same that the facility continues to operate today. On 31 March 2011, Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding sector (including Ingalls Shipbuilding) into a new corporation, Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Drydock Number One is located on the west side of the central branch of the Elizabeth River.It measures 319.5 feet (97.4 m) in length, and is built of Massachusetts granite, stepped to allow access to and bracing of ships under repair.
Completed on 16 October 1881, the new double-tracked railroad and the other development visions of industrialist Collis Potter Huntington resulted in a 15-year transition of the rural farm village of Newport News into a new independent city which also became home to the world's largest shipyard. The railroad, one of the later developed in ...
USS Honolulu (SSN-718), was a Los Angeles-class submarine, and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Honolulu, Hawaii.The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down on 10 November 1981.
Dorchester, one of three identical ships, the first being Chatham (torpedoed and sunk August 27, 1942) and the last being Fairfax, was built for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. [4] Keel laying was September 10, 1925 with launching on March 20, 1926, and delivery on July 17 ...
The United States Congress authorized the construction of Texas, the second Navy ship to be named after that state, on 24 June 1910. [16] [17] Bids for Texas were accepted from 27 September to 1 December with the winning bid of $5,830,000—excluding the price of armor and armament—submitted by Newport News Shipbuilding.