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  2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding ( NNS ), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including ...

  3. List of ship launches in 1969 - Wikipedia

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    Newport-class tank landing ship: For United States Navy: 4 January United States: Newport News Shipbuilding: Newport News: St. Louis: Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship: For United States Navy: 4 January United States: Avondale Shipyard: Avondale: W. S. Sims: Knox-class frigate: For United States Navy: January United Kingdom: Keith, Nelson ...

  4. USAHS Acadia - Wikipedia

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    USAHS Acadia was the first United States Army Hospital Ship in World War II. Built in 1932 by Newport News Shipbuilding as a civilian passenger/cargo ocean liner for the Eastern Steamship Lines, the ship was in US coastal and Caribbean service prior to its acquisition by the US Maritime Administration in 1941.

  5. May 9, 2024 at 10:34 AM. A new Virginia-class submarine has been delivered to the U.S. Navy: The future USS New Jersey. The fast-attack submarine was accepted from Huntington Ingalls Industries ...

  6. Emergency Shipbuilding Program - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Shipbuilding Program (late 1940 – September 1945) was a United States government effort to quickly build simple cargo ships to carry troops and materiel to allies and foreign theatres during World War II. Run by the U.S. Maritime Commission, the program built almost 6,000 ships. [1] [2] [3]

  7. A. H. Bull Steamship Company - Wikipedia

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    Manuela 1934 built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News. On 24 June 1942 torpedoed and damaged by German submarine U.404 while in convoy with the loss of 2 lives, on 25 June 1942 sank. 4,772 tons. Margaret 1916 built by Maryland Steel Co., Sparrow's Point, Maryland. On 15 April 1942 was torpedoed and sunk by German ...

  8. The Apprentice School - Wikipedia

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    USCAA, NCWA. Website. www .as .edu. 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.

  9. Newport News Shipbuilders - Wikipedia

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    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.

  10. USS New Jersey (SSN-796) - Wikipedia

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    4 x 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes. New Jersey (SSN-796), a Block IV Virginia -class submarine, will be the third United States Navy vessel named for the state of New Jersey. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on 25 May 2015, at a ceremony in Jersey City, New Jersey. [5] [6] [7]

  11. USS Newport News (SSN-750) - Wikipedia

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    Newport News. (SSN-750) USS Newport News (SSN-750), a Los Angeles -class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Newport News, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 3 March 1984.