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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.
Between the coal exports and Huntington's Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News soon became a major shipping and industrial area. [2] Ferry service between Norfolk and Newport News began in 1883, though the first passenger train station at Newport News was not built until 1892. [3]
U.S. Navy battleship Pennsylvania was launched by Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. It would stay out of World War I but play a major role during the Pacific War during World War II. [79] A report of the collision between Oregon river boats Telegraph and Charm reached the U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service office in Portland ...
Five Years of North Carolina Shipbuilding, 1946, by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company; Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II, by Frederic C. Lane ISBN 0-8018-6752-5; The Wilmington Shipyard: Welding a Fleet for Victory in World War II, by Ralph Scott ISBN 978-1-59629-210-9
Location: Bounded by the James River, Post St., Chesapeake and Ohio RR tracks, and Hopkins St., Newport News, Virginia Coordinates: Area: 100 acres (40 ha) Built: 1917-1921
Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia, from space, July 1996 (Newport News is seen in the upper left quadrant) Newport News has a long history dating back to the days of Jamestown, Virginia.
He was at the Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland, 1895–1896; at the Navy Yard, Portland, Oregon, 1896–1899; the Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 1899–1900; at the Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine as Superintending Naval Constructor, 1900–1902; the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Newport News, Virginia, 1902 ...
Newport Beach is a coastal city of about 85,000 in southern Orange County, California, United States.Located about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles, Newport Beach is known for its sandy beaches.