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2. Norfolk Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia

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   Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships. It is the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy as well as the most comprehensive.

3. Slave labor on United States military installations 1799–1863

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   The simultaneous employment of white, free black and slave labor had long precedents reaching back into the colonial era at Norfolk. Slave rentals and leasing by the army and navy expanded slavery especially in Florida where the construction and maintenance of military installations "was the primary source for the expansion of slavery" and ...

4. Andrew Sprowle - Wikipedia

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   Known for. founding Gosport Ship Yard (now Norfolk Naval Shipyard) Andrew Sprowle (1710 – 1776) was a Scottish-born merchant, naval agent, landowner, shipyard owner, slaveholder and slave trader in Portsmouth, Virginia. Today Andrew Sprowle is best remembered for establishing the Gosport Ship Yard, now known as Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

5. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company - Wikipedia

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   National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is an American shipbuilding company with four [ 2] shipyards located in San Diego, Norfolk, Bremerton, and Mayport. It is a division of General Dynamics. NASSCO owns a subsidiary manufacturing facility with TIMSA in Mexicali, Mexico. The San Diego shipyard specializes in ...

6. Naval Station Norfolk - Wikipedia

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   Pictured December 20, 2012. /  36.94500°N 76.31306°W  / 36.94500; -76.31306. Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. The installation occupies about 4 miles (6.4 km) of waterfront space and 11 miles (18 km) of pier and wharf ...

7. Dianna Wolfson - Wikipedia

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   Dianna Wolfson. Dianna Wolfson is an officer in the United States Navy who is the first woman to lead an American Naval Shipyard, and served from January 2021 to June 2023 as the 110th Commander of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. [1] [2] [3] From June 2019 to December 2020 she served as the 50th Commander of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.