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Newport News. (SSN-750) 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.
SSN-691 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News: 4 February 1971 23 June 1973 3 April 1976 17 December 1977 1 April 2011 33 years, 3 months and 15 days Stricken, final disposition pending: N/A: Omaha: SSN-692 General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton: 31 January 1971 27 January 1973 21 February 1976 11 March 1978 5 October 1995
USS Newport News (AK-3), was a German cargo ship named Odenwald, taken over by the US Navy during World War I. 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.
List of. Sturgeon. -class submarines. Launching of USS Tunny (SSN-682) Named after the lead boat, the Sturgeon class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines ( SSN) served with the United States Navy from the late 1960s to the mid-2000s. With a submerged displacement of 4,780 tons, its successors were the 6,920-ton Los Angeles class, the first ...
The SSN (X) or Next-Generation Attack Submarine program of the United States Navy aims to develop a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines to succeed the Virginia and Seawolf classes. The SSN (X) program remains in the early stages of development and no official details have been released about its design or capabilities.
USS Tucson (SSN-770), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Tucson, Arizona. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 10 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 15 August 1991.
Aviation facilities. 2 × aircraft catapults. Helipad (later conversion) 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 John Warner (SSN-785) is a nuclear powered Virginia -class attack submarine of the United States Navy. She is the first in the class to be named after a person; the first 11 Virginia -class subs were named after states. [5] John Warner was originally to be built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, but ...