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The newly constructed USS Birmingham is launched from the Newport News yards in 1942
The newly constructed USS Birmingham is launched from the Newport News yards in 1942

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGS), formerly called Northrop Grumman Newport News (NGNN) or Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (NNS&DD or simply NNS), is the largest privately owned shipyard in the United States. Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships These can be Yachts military The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding is one of two shipyards that produce and service all types of nuclear powered submarines (the other is the Electric Boat Corporation), and at present is the only shipyard that can build Nimitz-class supercarriers. General Dynamics/Electric Boat (usually abbreviated as Electric Boat, and referred to as "EB" or "The Boat Company" by its employees a division of General characteristics Builder Newport News Shipbuilding Company Newport News Virginia Power Plant Two A4W reactors This is about the warships For the television program see Supercarrier (TV series. NGS is also home to the largest crane in the western hemisphere. NGS is located in Newport News, Virginia, and often participates in projects with the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, also located adjacent to Hampton Roads. Newport News is an Independent city in Virginia. It is at the south-western end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY is a U Portsmouth is an Independent city located in the US Commonwealth of Virginia. Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the region of land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the USA.

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History

Main Gate, 37th st. and Washington Ave.
Main Gate, 37th st. and Washington Ave.

Industrialist Collis P. Huntington (1821 – 1900) led the efforts to complete the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (C&O) from Richmond, Virginia to the Ohio River in the early 1870s. Collis Potter Huntington ( April 16 or October 22 1821 – August 13 1900) was one of The Big Four of western railroading (along with The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. Although originally built for general commerce, the C&O soon was also used to transport bituminous coal from the previously isolated coalfields adjacent to the New River and the Kanawha River in West Virginia. Bituminous coal is a relatively soft Coal containing a tarlike substance called Bitumen. The New River, a tributary of the Kanawha River, is approximately 320 mi (515 km long flowing through the states of North Carolina, Virginia, and The Kanawha River (pronounced ka-NAW-ah or kuh-NAW and earlier kuh-NOIE) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by In the 1880s, an extension of the C&O was built from Richmond down the Virginia Peninsula to reach a new coal pier on Hampton Roads in Warwick County near the small unincorporated community of Newport News. The Virginia Peninsula is a Peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake A coal pier is a Transloading facility designed for the transfer of Coal between rail and ship Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the region of land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the USA. Warwick County was a County in Virginia which was consolidated with the city of Newport News in 1958 In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. Newport News is an Independent city in Virginia. It is at the south-western end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River However, building the railroad and coal pier was only the first part of Huntington's dreams for Newport News.

The Shipyards Railroad System.
The Shipyards Railroad System.

In 1886, he built a shipyard to repair ships servicing this transportation hub. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships These can be Yachts military In 1891, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company delivered its first ship, a tugboat named Dorothy. By 1897, NNS had built three warships for the U.S. Navy: Nashville, Wilmington, and Helena. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common See also See for other ships of this name History The new gunboat conducted sea trials and underwent training off the east coast and joined the North Atlantic Squadron at Key West.

In 1906, the revolutionary HMS Dreadnought launched a great naval race worldwide. Genesis Battleships of the era typically carried four large guns mounted fore and aft in twin turrets with a number of smaller-calibre guns ranged along the sides of the Between 1907 and 1923, Newport News built six of the U.S. Navy's total of 22 dreadnoughts -- Delaware, Texas, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Maryland, and West Virginia -- and all but the first would still be in active service in World War II. Construction Texas was the second of two s authorized on 24 June 1910 In the Atlantic Fleet Upon commissioning Pennsylvania was attached to the U World War I Following exercises off Virginia, Mississippi steamed 22 March 1918 for training in the Gulf of Guacanayabo, Cuba. World War II Seaman Leslie Short addressing Christmas cards near his machine-gun brought the first of his ship's guns into play shooting down one of two torpedo planes 1923 – 1941 In the months that followed West Virginia ran her trials and shakedown and underwent post-commissioning alterations World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt sent the Great White Fleet on its round-the-world voyage. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a Circumnavigation of the globe from December 16, Seven of its 16 battleships were built by NNS. A battleship is a large heavily armored Warship with a main battery consisting of the largest Calibre of Guns Battleships were In 1914, NNS built the SS Medina for the Mallory Steamship Company; as the MV Doulos she is now the world's oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship. The MV Doulos is the world's oldest active Ocean -faring Passenger ship. An ocean (from Greek, ''Okeanos'' (Oceanus) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the Hydrosphere. A passenger ship is a Ship whose primary function is to carry passengers

Between 1918 and 1920, NNS delivered 25 destroyers, and after World War I, NNS began building aircraft carriers. In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All An aircraft carrier is a Warship designed with Ranger was delivered in 1934, and NNS went on to build Yorktown and Enterprise. Construction Ranger was laid down on 26 September 1931 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co Early career Yorktown was laid down on 21 May 1934 at Newport News Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Initial operations Enterprise was launched on 3 October 1936 at Newport News Shipbuilding, sponsored by Lulie Swanson wife of Secretary of the

By 1940, the Navy had ordered seven more aircraft carriers and four cruisers. A cruiser is a large type of Warship, which had its prime period from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War. During World War II, it built ships as part of the U. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program, and swiftly filled requests for "Liberty ships" that were needed during the war. The Emergency Shipbuilding Program (late 1940-September 1945 was a United States government effort to quickly build simple cargo ships to carry troops and materiel to allies History and service In 1936 the American Merchant Marine Act was passed to subsidize the annual construction of 50 commercial merchant vessels to be used in wartime by It founded North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, an emergency yard on the banks of the Cape Fear River and launched its first Liberty ship before the end of 1941, building 243 ships in all, including 186 Libertys. North Carolina Shipbuilding Company was a Shipyard in Wilmington North Carolina, created as part of the U The Cape Fear River is a long Blackwater river in east central North Carolina in the United States. For its contributions during the war, the Navy awarded the company its "E" pennant for excellence in ship construction.

In the post-war years, NNS built the famous passenger liner SS United States, which set a transatlantic speed record that still stands today. Construction Inspired by the exemplary service of the British liners and which transported hundreds of thousands of U In 1954, NNS, together with Westinghouse and the Navy, developed and built a prototype nuclear reactor for a carrier propulsion system. Founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device in which Nuclear chain reactions are initiated controlled NNS designed the Enterprise in 1960. Design Enterprise was intended to be the first of a class of six but construction costs ballooned and the remaining vessels were never laid down resulting in her In 1959 NNS launched its first nuclear-powered submarine, Shark as well as the ballistic missile submarine Robert E. Lee. A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Operational history 1960s Shark sailed for the Mediterranean Sea and duty with the Sixth Fleet on 12 August. A ballistic missile submarine is a Submarine equipped to launch Ballistic missiles ( SLBMs) Service history The third nuclear-powered Ballistic missile submarine to join the fleet and the first nuclear-powered ship built in Dixie, Robert

In the 1970s, NNS launched two of the largest tankers ever built in the western hemisphere and also constructed three liquefied natural gas carriers -- at over 390,000 deadweight tons, the largest ever built in the United States. In the 1980s, NNS produced a variety of Navy products, including Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carriers and Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarines. General characteristics Builder Newport News Shipbuilding Company Newport News Virginia Power Plant Two A4W reactors Characteristics Capabilities According to the US government the top speed of Los Angeles -class submarines is over 25 knots (46 km/h 29 mph The original ship in its class, the USS Nimitz was already well under construction by the early '70's, being built in a drydock at 42nd Street in Downtown Newport News, in full view of most of the downtown area. Ship's history The USS Nimitz was first deployed to the Mediterranean in 1976 in company with the nuclear powered Cruisers USS ''South Carolina''

Merger with Northrop Grumman

The combination created a $4 billion shipyard called Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The shipyard is a major employer not only for the lower Virginia Peninsula, but portions of Hampton Roads south of the James River and the harbor, portions of the Middle Peninsula region, and even some northeastern counties of North Carolina. The Virginia Peninsula is a Peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake South Hampton Roads, also known as Southside, is a region located in the extreme southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States. The James River in the US state of Virginia is a long River, including its Jackson River source The Middle Peninsula is as its name implies the middle of three major Peninsulas on the western shore of North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States

On 28 January 2008, Northrop Grumman Corporation realigned its two shipbuilding sectors, Northrop Grumman Newport News and Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, into a single sector called Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. [1]

Ronald Reagan Christening

North Yard Crane

Super lift aboard George H. W. Bush

Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier

Ships built

Ships built at the Newport News yard include:

Tugboat Dorothy
Tugboat Dorothy

Creed

"We shall build good ships here. At a profit - if we can. At a loss - if we must. But always good ships".
Collis Potter Huntington

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