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  2. 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.

  3. The Apprentice School - Wikipedia

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    USCAA, NCWA. Website. www .as .edu. The Apprentice School is a four to eight-year apprenticeship vocational school founded in 1919 and operated by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in Newport News in the U.S. state of Virginia. The school trains students for careers in the shipbuilding industry.

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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.

  6. Jennifer Boykin - Wikipedia

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    Jennifer Boykin. Boykin in 2017, signing a steel plate used to begin the construction of USS Enterprise (CVN-80) Jennifer Boykin is an engineer, the first woman president [1] of Newport News Shipbuilding, [2] [3] and the vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, [2] [3] which is located in Newport News, Virginia .

  7. Newport 20 - Wikipedia

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    The Newport 20 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) and carries 990 lb (449 kg) of ballast. The boat has a draft of 3.33 ft (1.01 m) with the standard fin keel. [1] [2] [5]

  8. List of mayors of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    February 16, 1942 – December 20, 1955 Alfred M. Monfalcone: January 16, 1956 – September 1, 1956 Robert B. Smith: September 1, 1956 – June 30, 1958 Oscar J. Brittingham Jr. July 1, 1958 – June 30, 1962 Donald M. Hyatt: July 1, 1962 – June 30, 1970 J. William Hornsby July 1, 1970 – June 30, 1974 Harry E. Atkinson: July 1, 1974 ...

  9. Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel - Wikipedia

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    The actual capabilities have been listed as being able to carry 64 twenty-foot equivalent units of shipping containers, which can be used to store food, water, vehicles, and other specialized equipment to support land or sea-based operations, including humanitarian aid or disaster relief. Additionally, these containers can house special mission ...