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  2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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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 both ...

  3. Norfolk Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of ship launches in 1969 - Wikipedia

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    Newport-class tank landing ship: For United States Navy: 4 January United States: Newport News Shipbuilding: Newport News: St. Louis: Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship: For United States Navy: 4 January United States: Avondale Shipyard: Avondale: W. S. Sims: Knox-class frigate: For United States Navy: January United Kingdom: Keith, Nelson ...

  5. The Apprentice School - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.as.edu. The Apprentice School is a four to eight-year apprenticeship vocational school founded in 1919 and operated by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in Newport News in the U.S. state of Virginia. The school trains students for careers in the shipbuilding industry.

  6. USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Category:Ships built in Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    SS Cape Jacob. USS Carl Vinson. USS Casa Grande. USS Catamount. Charles N. Curtis - Sea Scout Ship 110. USS Charleston (C-22) USS Charleston (LKA-113) USS Charlotte (SSN-766) USS Cheyenne (SSN-773)

  8. U.S.T. Atlantic-class supertanker - Wikipedia

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    The tankers were built in 1979 at Newport News Shipbuilding's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. Each vessel cost approximately 136.4 million USD. [3] In June 2004, the Marine Atlantic—ex U.S.T. Atlantic—was sold to Indian breakers. After clearing Indian customs, she was intentionally beached in India for ship breaking. [4]

  9. USAHS Acadia - Wikipedia

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    Acadia. USAHS Acadia was the first United States Army Hospital Ship in World War II. Built in 1932 by Newport News Shipbuilding as a civilian passenger/cargo ocean liner for the Eastern Steamship Lines, the ship was in US coastal and Caribbean service prior to its acquisition by the US Maritime Administration in 1941.