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  2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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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 ).

  3. Riverside Apartments - Wikipedia

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    Riverside Apartments. /  36.99111°N 76.43889°W  / 36.99111; -76.43889. Riverside Apartments, also known as Shipyard Apartments, is a historic apartment complex located at Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1918, and consists of two, four-story, "U"-shaped brick apartment buildings decorated with simple bands of sandstone.

  4. Mariners' Museum and Park - Wikipedia

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    Newport News, Virginia United States: Coordinates: Type: Maritime: Website: www.marinersmuseum.org

  5. 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.

  6. Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation - Wikipedia

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    Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, administratively based in Newport News, Virginia, included the exclusively cargo sub port of Baltimore. [13] [15] The port, along with its Baltimore cargo port and the Philadelphia cargo port that was a sub port of the New York Port of Embarkation (NYPOE), was mainly focused on shipments to the Mediterranean ...

  7. General Dynamics Electric Boat - Wikipedia

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    General Dynamics Electric Boat [2] ( GDEB) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for more than 100 years. The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and a design ...

  8. USS America (CV-66) - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] She was laid down on 1 January 1961 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp.; launched on 1 February 1964, sponsored by Mrs. Catherine McDonald, wife of Admiral David L. McDonald, the Chief of Naval Operations; and commissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 23 January 1965, Captain ...

  9. USS Arkansas (CGN-41) - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company: Laid down: 17 January 1977: Launched: 21 October 1978: Sponsored by: Mrs. Dale Bumpers: Acquired: 29 September 1980: Commissioned: 18 October 1980: Decommissioned: 7 July 1998: Stricken: 7 July 1998: Identification: Callsign: NARK; Hull number: CGN-41; Motto: Defender of Opportunity: Fate

  10. The Apprentice School - Wikipedia

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    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.

  11. USS Midway (CV-41) - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding: Laid down: 27 October 1943: Launched: 20 March 1945: Commissioned: 10 September 1945: Decommissioned: 11 April 1992: In service: 1945: Out of service: 1992: Stricken: 17 March 1997: Nickname(s) Midway Magic: Status: Museum ship at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California: Notes