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  2. Virginia Port Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) is an autonomous agency ( political subdivision) of the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns The Port of Virginia, a group of facilities with their activity centered on the harbor of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The principal facilities of the Port of Virginia are four marine terminals, all on the harbor of Hampton ...

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

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    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.

  4. Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation - Wikipedia

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    Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation was the Army command structure and distributed port infrastructure in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia supporting the movement of personnel and cargo overseas. It had been activated as the Newport News Port of Embarkation in World War I, deactivated, then reactivated on 15 June 1942.

  5. List of Ready Reserve Force ships - Wikipedia

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    Ready Reserve Force (RRF) ships of the National Defense Reserve Fleet are owned, crewed, and maintained by the civilian United States Maritime Administration, but come under control of the Military Sealift Command when activated.

  6. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both ...

  7. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility - Wikipedia

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    Schematic of the accelerator and the experimental halls after the 12 GeV energy upgrade. /  37.09472°N 76.48167°W  / 37.09472; -76.48167. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility ( TJNAF ), commonly called Jefferson Lab or JLab, is a US Department of Energy National Laboratory located in Newport News, Virginia. [ 1]

  8. United States container ports - Wikipedia

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    50 feet (15 m) 228 feet (69 m) Port of Boston. 47 feet (14 m) Unlimited. Port of Portland (Maine) 32 feet (9.8 m) [ 2] Dredging of east coast ports are under way [ 3] because of the New Panama Canal expansion and the expectation of larger container ships .

  9. Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport - Wikipedia

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    1,989. Concrete. Newport News-Williamsburg Airport ( IATA: PHF, ICAO: KPHF, FAA LID: PHF) is in Newport News, Virginia, United States, and serves the Hampton Roads area along with Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk. The airport is owned and operated by the Peninsula Airport Commission, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia.