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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.
December 2, 1969 [ 1] Drydock Number One is the oldest operational drydock facility in the United States. Located in Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, it was put into service in 1834, and has been in service since then. Its history includes the refitting of USS Merrimack, which was modified to be the Confederate Navy ironclad CSS ...
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 space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point .
The second USS Pyro (AE–24), an ammunition ship, was laid down 21 October 1957 by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, Maryland; launched 5 November 1958; sponsored by Mrs. Stuart H. Ingersoll; and commissioned 24 July 1959 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Va. After fitting out at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Pyro moved from ...
NOAAS McArthur. USS Northampton (SP-670) Ocean Star (schooner) Old Noll (1743 ship) SS Pan-Pennsylvania. USS Richmond (1798) USC&GS Scandinavia. USS Scandinavia. USS Seven.
Margaret Stroud looked up at Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s historic “hammerhead crane” in June 1963 as she walked through the gates toward her new job. She was 21 and excited about the future On ...
The 840-foot ship is the largest that can be accommodated in NASSCO's drydock. 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.
Wyoming. (SSBN-742) USS Wyoming (SSBN-742) approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay on 9 January 2009. USS Wyoming (SSBN-742) is a United States Navy Ohio -class ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1996. She is the fourth US Navy ship to be named USS Wyoming, although it was only the third named after the state of ...