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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 both ...

  3. Huntington Ingalls Industries - Wikipedia

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    Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. ( HII) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States as well as a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. HII, ranked No. 375 on the Fortune 500, was formed on 31 March 2011, as a divestiture from Northrop Grumman.

  4. Norfolk Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia

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    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, remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships. It is the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy as well as the most comprehensive.

  5. History of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    1881–1896: tiny farming village becomes a new city. 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.

  6. 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.

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  7. USS Newport News (CA-148) - Wikipedia

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    Aviation facilities. 2 × aircraft catapults. Helipad (later conversion) 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.

  8. USS Enterprise (CVN-80) - Wikipedia

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    Enterprise. (CVN-80) USS Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford -class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy. [7] [8] She will be the ninth United States naval vessel and third aircraft carrier to bear the name, and is scheduled to be in operation by 2028. Her construction began in August 2017 with a steel ...

  9. USS Enterprise (CVN-65) - Wikipedia

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    USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA (N)-65, is a decommissioned [12] United States Navy aircraft carrier. In 1958, she was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed "Big E".

  10. USS Gerald R. Ford - Wikipedia

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    The 555-metric ton island in place after being lifted into position on the ship's flight deck during a ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding in January 2013. Construction. On 10 September 2008, the U.S. Navy signed a $5.1 billion contract with Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, to design and construct the carrier. Northrop ...

  11. 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)