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Innoshima Shipyard Dock No. 1 175 25.1 6.6 Dock No. 2 283 46.6 8.9 ... Newport News (Newport News Shipbuilding) Dry Dock 12 662 76.0 9.5 * * [62] 336
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.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company outbid Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and New York Shipbuilding Company for the contract. In November, Newport News Shipbuilding received the contract to build her. The contract price was 15.2 million dollars. [14] On 10 December, the name Ranger was assigned to the planned aircraft carrier. [15]
The ship was laid down on 10 July 1918 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia shipyard and was launched on 21 December 1918. The ship was sponsored by Ms. Rebecca E. Satterlee, niece of the ship's namesake. The destroyer was commissioned on 23 December 1919. [5] [6]
The first Navy ship named for Secretary of the Navy John Y. Mason (1799–1859), Mason was laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia on 10 July 1918. The ship was launched 8 March 1919; sponsored by Miss Mary Mason Williams, great-granddaughter of Secretary Mason.
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
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Providence, 20 miles (32 km) south of Fall River, Massachusetts, 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston, and 180 miles (290 km) northeast of New York City.
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 ...