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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.
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.
Aerial view of the Newport News shipyard in 1994. Visible in the drydocks are USS Long Beach and USNS Gilliland. 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.
USS Frederick with its bow ramp extended USS Racine bow view with bow ramp sitting on deck. The Newport class were designed under project SCB 247 to meet the goal put forward by the United States amphibious forces to have a tank landing ship (LST) capable of over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
Newport News Shipbuilding; Operators: United States Navy: Preceded by: Oregon City class: Succeeded by: None: Built: 1945-1949: In commission: 1948–1975: Planned: 12: Completed: 3: Cancelled: 9: Retired: 3: Scrapped: 2: Preserved: 1: General characteristics (as built) Type: Heavy cruiser: Displacement: 17,255 long tons (17,532 t) (standard ...
Newport-class tank landing ship: Displacement: 4,793 long tons (4,870 t) light; 8,342 long tons (8,476 t) full load; Length: 522 ft 4 in (159.2 m) oa; 562 ft (171.3 m) over derrick arms; Beam: 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) Draft: 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) max: Propulsion: 2 shafts; 6 GM diesel engines (3 per shaft) 16,500 shp (12,300 kW) Bow thruster; Speed
USS Newport News (CA-148), was a Des Moines -class heavy cruiser in service from 1948 to 1978. USS Newport News (SSN-750), is a Los Angeles -class submarine commissioned in 1989 and currently in active service. Categories: Set index articles on ships.
USS Newport News (AK-3) was a cargo liner that was launched in Germany in 1903 as St. Jan. She was renamed Odenwald in 1907 when she changed owners, and Newport News in 1917 when the United States seized her.
USNS Newport (T-EPF-12) is the twelfth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport and is operated by the United States Navy ' s Military Sealift Command. It is the fourth ship in naval service named after Newport, Rhode Island. On 20 February 2020, USNS Newport was launched at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.
English: The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Newport News (CA-148) firing on targets in Vietnam at night, circa in 1967. Newport News was deployed to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 5 September 1967 to 13 May 1968.