City Pedia Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding

   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 ...

3. Category:Ships built in Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ships_built_in...

   SS Cape Jacob. USS Carl Vinson. USS Casa Grande. USS Catamount. Charles N. Curtis - Sea Scout Ship 110. USS Charleston (C-22) USS Charleston (LKA-113) USS Charlotte (SSN-766) USS Cheyenne (SSN-773)

4. Dorothy (1891 tug) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_(1891_tug)

   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.

5. USS Newport News (CA-148) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Newport_News_(CA-148)

   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. 1950–1962

6. Hilton Village - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Village

   Hilton Village. /  37.02944°N 76.46083°W  / 37.02944; -76.46083. Hilton Village is a planned English-village-style neighborhood in Newport News, Virginia. Recognized as a pioneering development in urban planning, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The neighborhood was built between 1918 and 1921 in response to the ...

7. Mariners' Museum and Park - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariners'_Museum_and_Park

   History. The museum was founded in 1930 by Archer Milton Huntington, son of Collis P. Huntington, a railroad builder who brought the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Warwick County, Virginia, and who founded the City of Newport News, its coal export facilities, and Newport News Shipbuilding in the late 19th century.

8. Newport News Shipbuilders - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilders

   Horowitz Field (1911–1922) The Newport News Shipbuilders were a minor league baseball team based in Newport News, Virginia. The Shipbuilders first played as members of the Virginia League in 1900 and the 1901 Virginia-North Carolina League. Newport News then resumed minor league play in the 1911 season as a member of the short lived Tidewater ...

9. USS South Carolina (CGN-37) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_South_Carolina_(CGN-37)

   South Carolina was launched on 1 July 1972 and commissioned as DLGN-37 on 25 January 1975. She was redesignated CGN-37 six months later in the Navy's major type realignment of 30 June 1975. South Carolina was built at Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia. The cruiser's first North Atlantic deployment was to the USS Nimitz ...