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  2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    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. USS Newport News (CA-148) - Wikipedia

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    History; United States; Name: Newport News: Namesake: Newport News: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company: Laid down: 1 November 1945: Launched: 6 March 1948: Sponsored by: Eliza S. Ferguson: Commissioned: 29 January 1949: Decommissioned: 27 June 1975: Stricken: 31 July 1978: Identification: Callsign: NIQQ; Hull number: CA-148 ...

  4. Huntington Ingalls Industries - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding. Founded in 1886, HII's Newport News Shipbuilding, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, is the nation’s sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines.

  5. USS Yosemite (1892) - Wikipedia

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    History; United States; Name: USS Yosemite: Namesake: Yosemite Valley: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Launched: 16 March 1892: Acquired: 6 April 1898: Commissioned: 13 April 1898: Fate: Scuttled November 1900: General characteristics; Type: Auxiliary cruiser: Tonnage: 6,179 long tons (6,278 t) Length: 389 ft 2 in (118.62 m ...

  6. The Apprentice School - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Category:Ships built in Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    SS Cape Jacob. USS Carl Vinson. USS Casa Grande. USS Catamount. Charles N. Curtis - Sea Scout Ship 110. USS Charleston (C-22) USS Charleston (LKA-113) USS Charlotte (SSN-766) USS Cheyenne (SSN-773)

  8. The fast-attack submarine was accepted from Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding division in late April, according to the U.S. Navy.

  9. History of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The latter evolved into the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. For a brief time, Warwick County shifted the location of its county seat to Newport News from the historic location at Denbigh, where it had been situated since colonial times.

  10. Norfolk Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia

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    Built. 1767 as Gosport Shipyard ( Royal Navy) current name since 1862 ( U.S. Navy) In use. 1767–present. Garrison information. Current. commander. CAPT James "Jip" Mosman (June 2023–present) 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 ...

  11. USS Proteus (AC-9) - Wikipedia

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    History; United States; Name: USS Proteus: Namesake: Proteus: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company: Laid down: 31 October 1911: Launched: 14 September 1912: Commissioned: 9 July 1913: Decommissioned: 25 March 1924: Stricken: 5 December 1940: Fate: Sold, 8 March 1941; Lost at sea, November 1941; General characteristics; Class ...