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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.
Poyner had shot her as she pleaded for her life. A week later, in Williamsburg, Poyner killed Clara Louise Paulett, a motel manager, as well as her maid, 43-year-old Chestine Brooks, during a hold-up. On January 31, in Newport News, Poyner robbed and killed 17-year-old Vicki Ripple, an ice cream parlor clerk.
Background Military situation Main article: Peninsula Campaign Further information: Eastern Theater of the American Civil War and American Civil War The blockade at Norfolk Map of events of the Battle of Hampton Roads On April 19, 1861, shortly after the outbreak of hostilities at Charleston Harbor, US President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of ports in the seceded states. On April 27 ...
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.
June 26, 2024 at 2:42 PM. SEATTLE - Police are investigating after a 17-year-old boy was shot in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood Tuesday night. According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD ...
June 7, 2024 at 3:57 PM. SEATTLE - The 17-year-old student who was fatally shot in the parking lot of Seattle's Garfield High School Thursday has been identified as Amarr Murphy-Paine. The ...
Officer Anthony Gamble, a spokesman for the Sacramento Police Department, said in an update Monday that the man, identified as an 18-year-old had died. No other information about the shooting ...
The keel for West Virginia was laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia on 12 April 1920. While under construction, she received the hull number BB-48 on 17 July. Her completed hull was launched on 17 November 1921 and she was commissioned on 1 December 1923.