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Newport News was laid down 1 November 1945, launched on 6 March 1948 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Eliza S. Ferguson and commissioned on 29 January 1949, with Captain Roland N. Smoot in command.
The United States Congress authorized the construction of Texas, the second Navy ship to be named after that state, on 24 June 1910. [16] [17] Bids for Texas were accepted from 27 September to 1 December with the winning bid of $5,830,000—excluding the price of armor and armament—submitted by Newport News Shipbuilding.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia: Sunk by Mine 1942 SS St John: 1932 Eastern Steamship Line: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia: Theodore E. Ferris [15] Scrapped 1959 SS Mariposa: 1932 Matson Line: Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy ...
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company outbid Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and New York Shipbuilding Company for the contract. In November, Newport News Shipbuilding received the contract to build her. The contract price was 15.2 million dollars. [14] On 10 December, the name Ranger was assigned to the planned aircraft carrier. [15]
Dravo Corporation was an American shipbuilding company with shipyards in Pittsburgh and Wilmington, Delaware.It was founded by Frank and Ralph Dravo in Pittsburgh in 1891. [1]
Enterprise earned 20 battle stars, the most for any U.S. warship in World War II, and was the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II. She was also the first American ship to sink a full-sized enemy warship after the Pacific War had been declared when her aircraft sank the Japanese submarine I-70 on 10 December 1941. [4]
The newly commissioned Franklin departing Norfolk in February 1944. The keel of Franklin was laid down on 7 December 1942 in Shipway 11, the first anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and she was launched by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, in Virginia, on 14 October 1943, sponsored by Lieutenant Commander Mildred H. McAfee, an American naval officer who was the Director of the WAVES.
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.