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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 ).
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.
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 ...
History; United States; Name: USS Lenape (ID-2700) Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co. Newport News, Virginia; Launched: 1912: Acquired: 10 April 1918: Commissioned: 24 April 1918: Decommissioned: before 28 October 1918: Stricken: before 28 October 1918: Fate: returned to U.S. Army, 28 October 1918: General characteristics; Tonnage: 3,389 ...
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)
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 ...
In October 1964, Enterprise returned to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for her first Refueling and Overhaul. During this refit, her eight nuclear reactors, which had powered Enterprise as she steamed over 200,000 nmi (230,000 mi; 370,000 km), were refueled, two of her propeller shafts were replaced, and the ship's electronics ...
History; United States; Name: Randolph: Namesake: Peyton Randolph: Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company: Laid down: 10 May 1943: Launched: 28 June 1944: Commissioned: 9 October 1944: Decommissioned: 25 February 1948: Recommissioned: 1 July 1953: Decommissioned: 13 February 1969: Stricken: 1 June 1973: Fate: Scrapped, 24 May ...
Newport News was merely an area of farm lands and a fishing village until the coming of the railroad and the subsequent establishment of the great shipyard. As a 16-year-old in 1837, Collis P. Huntington had visited the rural village known as Newport News Point.
Two ports of embarkation were established with commanders appointed 17 July 1917, one at New York with headquarters at Hoboken and the second, then officially the Newport News Port of Embarkation, in Hampton Roads with headquarters at Newport News.