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Newport News was laid down 1 November 1945, launched on 6 March 1948 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Eliza S. Ferguson and commissioned on 29 January 1949, with Captain Roland N. Smoot in command.
The Apprentice Builders are the athletic teams of the Newport News Apprentice School, located in Newport News, in the U.S. state of Virginia.The Apprentice School is a full member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association and competes in the New South Athletic Conference (NSAC) for men's and women's basketball and baseball.
SS United States is a retired ocean liner built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.She is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title she still holds.
Within only 15 years, a rural farm community in Warwick County turned into the new independent city of Newport News, Virginia, by 1896 as new coal piers brought ships to what would become the world's largest shipyard, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Hotels, houses, schools and businesses sprung up there, and at many points along ...
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia: Scrapped 1964 1930s SS Morro Castle: 1930 Ward Line: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia: Theodore E. Ferris [2] Burned 1934 SS Oriente: 1930 Ward Line: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia: Theodore E ...
In 1886, Huntington established Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. The boom community of Newport News became an independent city in 1896 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly, one of the few cities in Virginia to have never been incorporated as a town and it became Virginia's third largest city in population at one time.
The shipyard traces its beginnings back to 1882, when Thomas A. Watson purchased a farm alongside the Fore River in East Braintree, Massachusetts.In 1884, Watson attempted to farm the land, but soon realizing that it was a failure, decided to work on a steam engine after he was approached by a local businessman.
State AAA football championship 1929 - Maury, Norfolk, Newport News (tie) State AAA football championship 1925 - Newport News 7, Lynchburg 6; State AAA football championship 1920 - Newport News 14 / Jefferson Senior, Roanoke 7. Newport News' coach in the 1920 season was Nathaniel Jarrett Webb, Sr. (April 25, 1891 - July 18, 1943).