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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). The shipyard is a major employer, not only for the lower Virginia Peninsula, but ...
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. [5][6]
e. During the 17th century, shortly after establishment of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, English settlers and explorers began settling the areas adjacent to Hampton Roads. In 1610, Sir Thomas Gates took possession of a nearby Native American village which became known as Kecoughtan. In 1619, the area of Newport News was included in one of four ...
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) was a former sector or division of Northrop Grumman Corporation which was responsible for building small and medium shipping products. . It was merged with another sector of Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Newport News, which was responsible for building nuclear submarines and supercarriers, to form the sector Northrop Grumman Shipbuild
Dorothy (1891 tug) Photo of "Dorothy," c. 2007. 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.
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. USS Honolulu (SSN-718), was a Los Angeles -class submarine, and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down on 10 ...
Jennifer Boykin. Boykin in 2017, signing a steel plate used to begin the construction of USS Enterprise (CVN-80) Jennifer Boykin is an engineer, the first woman president [1] of Newport News Shipbuilding, [2][3] and the vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, [2][3] which is located in Newport News, Virginia.
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.