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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 ...
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.
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 .
Oklahoma City. (SSN-723) USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723), a Los Angeles -class submarine, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and the keel was laid down on 4 January 1984.
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.
Today, it hosts the Huntington Ingalls Industries Shipbuilding company and Newport News Shipbuilding, the largest military ship building company in the United States. Newport News is home to The Mariners' Museum and Park. The museum is located at 100 Museum Drive in Newport News, Virginia. (1994) Aerial view of the Newport News shipyard.
Armament. 12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk. USS Massachusetts (SSN-798), is a Virginia -class nuclear powered attack submarine currently being built for the United States Navy. She is the 25th submarine of the class, and is named for the U.S. state of Massachusetts —the eighth such vessel .
History. She was laid down as AKA-117 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on October 22, 1968. Redesignated LKA-117 on January 1, 1969, she was launched on May 17, 1969 and commissioned on January 17, 1970. She was home-ported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Her operations included embarking a ...