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2. 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 ...

3. USS LST-393 - Wikipedia

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   LST 393 was laid down on 27 July 1942 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company and launched on 11 November 1942. She was commissioned on 11 December 1942. During World War II, LST-393 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the following operations: the Sicilian occupation (July 1943); the Salerno landings (September 1943); and the Invasion of Normandy (June 1944).

4. USS Enterprise (CV-6) - Wikipedia

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   USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown -class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called " The Big E ", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Launched in 1936, she was the only Yorktown -class and one of only three American fleet ...

5. Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation - Wikipedia

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   Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation (HRPOE or HRPE [ note 2]) was the third largest United States Army Transportation Corps port of embarkation in terms of passengers and second in terms of cargo tonnage on the East Coast of the United States during World War II. [ 13] Until June 1942 Hampton Roads was a sub-port of the New York Port of Embarkation.

6. USS Coral Sea (CV-43) - Wikipedia

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   Initially classified as an aircraft carrier with hull classification symbol CV-43, the contract to build the ship was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding of Newport News, Virginia, on 14 June 1943. She was reclassified as a "Large Aircraft Carrier" with hull classification symbol CVB-43 on 15 July 1943. Her keel was laid down on 10 July 1944 ...

7. 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.