Gamer.Site Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding

    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).

  3. Riverside Apartments - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Apartments

    Riverside Apartments, also known as Shipyard Apartments, is a historic apartment complex located at Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1918, and consists of two, four-story, "U"-shaped brick apartment buildings decorated with simple bands of sandstone.

  4. Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia

    An aerial view of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock shipyard on the James River. Among the city's major industries are shipbuilding, military, and aerospace.

  5. USS Enterprise (CVN-65) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)

    2005 saw the ship in for another routine shipyard overhaul at Newport News Shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. Departing the dock after this yard period, Enterprise ran through a sand bar, causing all eight reactors to shut down, leaving the ship adrift on emergency power for nearly three hours before she was tugged back to her pier at Norfolk ...

  6. Norfolk Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard

    The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships. It is the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy as well as the most comprehensive.

  7. The Apprentice School - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_School

    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. USS Newport News (CA-148) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Newport_News_(CA-148)

    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.

  9. Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News/Williamsburg...

    Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (IATA: PHF, ICAO: KPHF, FAA LID: PHF) is in Newport News, Virginia, United States, and serves the Hampton Roads area along with Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk. The airport is owned and operated by the Peninsula Airport Commission, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

  10. USS Branch (DD-197) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Branch_(DD-197)

    USS Branch underway, ca. 1920. USS Branch (DD-197) was a Clemson -class destroyer in the United States Navy that entered service in 1920. After a short active life, Branch was placed in reserve in 1922. The ship was activated again for World War II before being transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940. Renamed HMS Beverley, the destroyer served in ...

  11. Newport News Shipbuilders - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilders

    The Newport News Shipbuilders were a minor league baseball team based in Newport News, Virginia. The Shipbuilders first played as members of the Virginia League in 1900 and the 1901 Virginia-North Carolina League .