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The former Homer L. Ferguson High School of Newport News Public Schools was named for him.. At the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, the Ferguson Society, named for Ferguson, is a patron society for those who donate $1,000 – $2,499.
While shipbuilding was halted for a while due to the destruction of many buildings, most vehicles and the large overhead cranes are the same that the facility continues to operate today. On 31 March 2011, Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding sector (including Ingalls Shipbuilding) into a new corporation, Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Newport News (/ ˌ n uː p ɔːr t-,-p ər t-/) [6] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States.At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States.
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News: 8 January 1971 8 January 1972 6 April 1974 13 November 1976 4 February 2011 34 years, 2 months and 22 days Disposed of by submarine recycling N/A [33] Baton Rouge: SSN-689 18 November 1972 26 April 1975 25 June 1977 13 January 1995 17 years, 6 months and 19 days Disposed of by submarine recycling N/A [34]
Edgewater is a borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 14,336, [11] [12] an increase of 2,823 (+24.5%) from the 2010 census count of 11,513, [21] [22] which in turn reflected an increase of 3,836 (+50.0%) from the 7,677 counted in the 2000 census [23]
USS Columbus (SSN-762) is a Los Angeles-class nuclear powered fast attack submarine and the second vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Columbus, Ohio.The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 21 March 1986 and her keel was laid down on 9 January 1991.
USS Hampton (SSN-767), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to bear this name. The earlier Hamptons were given their names for varying reasons, but SSN-767 was specifically named for four cities: Hampton, Virginia; Hampton, Iowa; Hampton, South Carolina; and Hampton, New Hampshire.
Lydia Weld was the first woman to graduate in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, starting her studies in 1898 and going on to work as a draughtsman in the engineering division of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. She later became the second woman member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. [19]