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2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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   Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in the city of Newport News, Virginia, its facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km 2). The shipyard is a major employer, not only for the lower Virginia Peninsula, but ...

3. Jennifer Boykin - Wikipedia

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   Jennifer Boykin. Boykin in 2017, signing a steel plate used to begin the construction of USS Enterprise (CVN-80) Jennifer Boykin is an engineer, the first woman president [1] of Newport News Shipbuilding, [2][3] and the vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, [2][3] which is located in Newport News, Virginia.

4. History of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   In 1958, the citizenry of the cities of Warwick and Newport News voted by referendum to consolidate the two cities, choosing to assume the better-known name of Newport News, and forming the third largest city population-wise in Virginia with a 65 square miles (168 km 2) area. The boundaries of the city of Newport News today are essentially the ...

5. Huntington Ingalls Industries - Wikipedia

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   Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States as well as a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. HII, ranked No. 375 on the Fortune 500, was formed on 31 March 2011, as a divestiture from Northrop Grumman. [5][6]

6. 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.

7. USS Honolulu (SSN-718) - Wikipedia

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   Armament. 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. USS Honolulu (SSN-718), was a Los Angeles -class submarine, and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down ...

8. SS America (1939) - Wikipedia

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   America. (1939) 8 × .50-cal. machine guns. SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs. It carried many names in the 54 years between its construction and its 1994 wreck: SS America (carrying this name three ...

9. USS San Francisco (SSN-711) - Wikipedia

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   Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia was awarded the contract to build USS San Francisco on 1 August 1975, and her keel was laid down on 26 May 1977. She was launched on 27 October 1979, sponsored by Mrs. Robert Y. Kaufman, and commissioned on 24 April 1981 with Commander J. Allen Marshall in command.