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Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding (expected) Operators United States Navy: Preceded by: Virginia class: Cost: $5.6 billion to $7.2 billion per unit: Built: 2034 (planned) In service: 2042 (planned) General characteristics (conceptual) Type: Nuclear attack submarine: Propulsion: Nuclear reactor: Range: Unlimited: Endurance
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.
USS Montpelier (SSN-765), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Montpelier, Vermont.The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 19 May 1989.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (formerly Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company), was created in 2008 as a spinoff of Northrop Grumman Newport News and is the world's largest shipyard. It is located a short distance up the James River .
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]
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy.Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia: Theodore E. Ferris [2] Burned 1934 SS Oriente: 1930 Ward Line: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia: Theodore E. Ferris [2] Scrapped 1957 SS President Hoover: 1930 Dollar Steamship Lines: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in ...
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.