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Newport Ship. The Newport Ship is a mid-fifteenth-century sailing vessel discovered when archaeologists investigated an articulated timber structure uncovered during the building of the Riverfront Arts Centre in Newport in June 2002. The site is on the west bank of the River Usk, which runs through the city centre.
Riverfront Arts Centre. / 51.58832; -2.99343. The Riverfront ( Welsh: Glan yr Afon) is the principal and newest theatre and arts centre in the City of Newport. It is located on the west bank of the River Usk on the Bristol Packet Wharf in the city centre. Designed by architectural firm Austin-Smith:Lord, the centre was opened on 23 October 2004.
Dorothy (1891 tug) Photo of "Dorothy," c. 2007. Dorothy is a tugboat and the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, currently on display in the yard. [1] Dorothy is one of the oldest surviving ships in Virginia. [2] She was built in 1890 and launched in 1891.
Newport. (LST-1179) USS Newport (LST-1179) was the third ship of the United States Navy (USN) to bear the name of the Rhode Island city. The first of her class of landing ship tanks (LST), she was capable of a sustained speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Her ability to adjust her draft, accompanied by her unique bow-ramp design, helped bring ...
USS. Fresno. (LST-1182) USS Fresno (LST-1182) was the fourth tank landing ship (LST) of the Newport class. Fresno was named for a county in California. The vessel was constructed by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California and launched in 1968. The ship entered service in 1969 and was assigned to the United States ...
2002: Newport granted city status; discovery of the Newport Ship. 2003: Newport Unlimited regeneration company set up. 2010: The Ryder Cup golf competition was hosted at the Celtic Manor Resort. 2013: Hartridge High School reopens as Llanwern High School in a new £29m building. 2014: The 2014 NATO summit takes place at the Celtic Manor Resort.
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 both ...
2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns. Newport-class tank landing ships were an improved class of tank landing ship (LST) designed for and employed by the United States Navy from 1969 to 2002. The ships were intended to provide substantial advantages over their World War II -era predecessors. Larger and faster than any previous LST design, they carried ...