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In 1917, during World War I, the war effort was in full swing. Newport News Shipbuilding had many contracts to build naval ships and was hiring thousands of employees. Shipyard workers were being housed in overcrowded and/or temporary quarters. The emerging community of Newport News faced a severe housing shortage.
The state's African tradition is found through gospel, blues, and shout bands, with both Ella Fitzgerald and Pearl Bailey coming from Newport News. [316] Contemporary Virginia is also known for folk rock artists like Dave Matthews and Jason Mraz , hip hop stars like Pharrell Williams , Missy Elliott and Pusha T , as well as thrash metal groups ...
The keel was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding on 11 October 1975, and on 15 March 1980 the ship was launched/christened. Congressman Carl Vinson became the first person in the history of the United States Navy to witness a ship's launching in his honor. [citation needed] After builder sea trials, she was delivered to the Navy on 26 February 1982.
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.
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 [36] N/A [37] Omaha: SSN-692 General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton: 31 January 1971 27 January 1973 21 February 1976 11 March 1978 5 October 1995
Boykin first worked as an engineer in the nuclear engineering division at Newport News Shipbuilding before moving through the ranks and eventually becoming president of the company. [4] She is the first woman president of Newport News Shipbuilding, the first in over 133 years of operation. [5]
USS Greeneville is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (), and the only vessel in United States Navy history to be named after Greeneville, Tennessee. [3] The contract to build the boat was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 December 1988, and her keel was laid down on 28 February 1992.
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.