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Learn about the history and operations of Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries and the sole designer and builder of aircraft carriers for the US Navy. The shipyard, founded in 1886, has built more than 800 ships and is a major employer in Virginia and North Carolina.
USS Newport News was a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser in the US Navy from 1949 to 1975. She participated in several conflicts and exercises, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, and was the first fully air-conditioned surface ship.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is the largest U.S. military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services. HII is named after its founders, Collis Potter Huntington and Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr., and operates in Virginia, Mississippi, and other locations.
A Los Angeles-class submarine named after the city of Newport News, Virginia. Learn about its history, specifications, collision with a Japanese tanker, and gallery of photos.
USS Minnesota was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1907 and named after the 32nd state. She participated in the Great White Fleet's circumnavigation, the Cuban insurrection, the Mexican Revolution, and World War I, before being broken up in 1924.
Dorothy is a tugboat and the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, currently on display in the yard. [1] Dorothy is one of the oldest surviving ships in Virginia. [2] She was built in 1890 and launched in 1891. [3]
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth ship to bear the name. She was commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 2017, after over 55 years of service and multiple refits and upgrades.
Learn about the history and operations of the oldest and largest U.S. Navy facility for building and repairing ships. The shipyard, formerly known as Gosport Shipyard, was founded in 1767 and has survived wars, epidemics and technological advances.