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

Northrop Grumman Newport News (NGNN), formerly called Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (NNS&DD or simply NNS), is the largest privately owned shipyard in the United States and the only one that can build Nimitz-class supercarriers, and one of two shipyards that produces and services all types of nuclear powered submarines along with Electric Boat Corporation. NGNN is also home to the largest crane in the western hemisphere. NGNN 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. Image File history File links USS Birmingham is launched from Newport News shipyards on March 20, 1942. ... Image File history File links USS Birmingham is launched from Newport News shipyards on March 20, 1942. ... USS Birmingham (CL-62), a light cruiser named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, the Steel City, was a Cleveland class light cruiser laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News in Virginia on 17 February 1941 and launched on 20 March 1942 by... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... The Nimitz class supercarriers are the largest capital ships in the world. ... USS , a typical supercarrier, and HMS Illustrious, a light V/STOL aircraft carrier on a joint patrol. ... Electric Boat, a division of General Dynamics Corporation, is a major contractor for submarine work for the United States Navy. ... Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia from space, July 1996 (Newport News is seen in the lower left quadrant) Newport News is an independent city located in Virginia. ... Aerial View of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling, and repairing the Navys ships. ... Map Political Statistics Founded 1752 County Independent city Mayor Dr. James W. Holley III Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 120. ... Hampton Roads, from state map of pre-civil war Virginia circa 1858 Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the United States. ...

History

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. 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. In the 1880s, built an extension of the C&O 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. However, building the railroad and coal pier was only the first part of Huntington's dreams for Newport News. Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker) who built the Southern Pacific Railroad and other major interstate train lines. ... 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. ... Flag Seal Nickname: River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra Location Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Virginia Independent City Mayor L. Douglas Wilder Geographical characteristics Area     City 62. ... Ohio River viewed from Liberty Hill in Ripley, Ohio. ... Bituminous coal Bituminous coal is a soft coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen. ... The New River may refer to: The New River, a man-made watercourse in England The New River that flows into the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern North Carolina in the United States. ... The Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 miles (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  Ranked 41st  - Total 24,244 sq. ... The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. ... Aerial view looking east of Virginian Railway coal piers at Sewells Point on Hampton Roads near Norfolk, Virginia. ... Hampton Roads, from state map of pre-civil war Virginia circa 1858 Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the United States. ... Warwick County (shaded in orange on this 1895 map) was originally one of the eight shires created in colonial Virginia in 1634. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated. ... Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia from space, July 1996 (Newport News is seen in the lower left quadrant) Newport News is an independent city located in Virginia. ...

In 1886, he built a shipyard to repair ships servicing this transportation hub. 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. 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... Only one vessel of the United States Navy has been named USS Wilmington, after the city of Wilmington, Delaware, although the name was intended for two others. ... The USS Helena (PG-9) was a gunboat of the United States Navy that participated in the Spanish-American War and was later stationed in the Far East for many years. ...

In 1906, the revolutionary HMS Dreadnought launched a great naval race worldwide. 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. The sixth HMS Dreadnought of the British Royal Navy was the first battleship to have a uniform main battery, rather than having a secondary battery of smaller guns. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... The sixth USS Delaware (BB-28) of the United States Navy was a battleship launched in 1909 and scrapped in 1924, the lead ship of the Delaware class. ... USS Texas (BB-35), a New York-class battleship, was the second ship to honor Texas, the 28th state, in the United States Navy. ... The second USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was the lead ship of her class of US Navy super-dreadnought battleships. ... USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128), a New Mexico-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state. ... USS Maryland (BB-46), a Colorado-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the seventh state. ... USS West Virginia (BB-48), a Colorado-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state. ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France/Free France, United States, Canada, China, India, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8...

In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt sent the Great White Fleet on its round-the-world voyage. Seven of its 16 battleships were built by NNS. 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. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... The Great White Fleet steaming in column; the USS Kansas at left. ... HMS Victory in 1884 given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built between the 15th and 20th centuries. ... MV Doulos (at Southampton, England in 2004) The MV Doulos is the worlds oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship. ... The worlds oceans as seen from the South Pacific Oceans (from Okeanos, Greek for river, the ancient Greeks noticed that a strong current flowed off Gibraltar, and assumed it was a great river) cover almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth, and nearly half of the... 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. Ranger was delivered in 1934, and NNS went on to build Yorktown and Enterprise. USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer (French: contre-torpilleur, German: Zerstörer, Spanish: destructor, Italian: cacciatorpediniere) is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First World War, also known as... An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... The sixth USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first ship of the United States Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. ... // Early Career The third USS Yorktown (CV-5) was lead ship of the Yorktown class aircraft carrier of World War II, sunk at the Battle of Midway. ... USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the seventh US Navy ship of that name. ...

By 1940, the Navy had ordered seven more aircraft carriers and four cruisers. Still, the company swiftly filled requests for "Liberty ships" that were needed during the war. 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. For its contributions during the war, the Navy awarded the company its "E" pennant for excellence in ship construction. USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1992. ... SS is one of only two surviving Liberty ships. ... North Carolina Shipbuilding Company was a shipyard in Wilmington, North Carolina, created for an emergency shipbuilding program in the early days of World War II. From 1941 through 1946, the company built 243 ships in all, beginning with the Liberty ship SS , and including 54 ships of the US Navy. ... The Cape Fear River, shown highlighted, with its tributaries The Cape Fear River is a 202 mi (325 km) long river in east central North Carolina in the United States. ...

In the post-war years, NNS built the famous passenger liner SS United States, which set a transatlantic speed record that still stands today. In 1954, NNS, together with Westinghouse and the Navy, developed and built a prototype nuclear reactor for a carrier propulsion system. NNS designed the Enterprise in 1960. In 1959 NNS launched its first nuclear-powered submarine, Shark as well as the ballistic missile submarine Robert E. Lee. The SS United States (also known as The Big U) is an ocean liner built in 1952. ... Westinghouse logo (designed by Paul Rand) The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886. ... Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ... The eighth USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the worlds first nuclear aircraft carrier and the seventh U.S. Navy ship of the name. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... USS Shark (SSN-591), a Skipjack-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large predatory fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan, dermal denticles covering the body to protect from parasites, and rows of replaceable teeth... SSBN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a fleet ballistic missile submarine. ... USS (SSBN-601), a George Washington-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for Robert E. Lee, the commanding general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. ...

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. 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. A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. ... The Nimitz class supercarriers are the largest capital ships in the world. ... The Los Angeles-class attack submarines (SSN) are the most numerous class of nuclear powered submarines built by any nation, and form the bulk of the U.S. attack submarine force as of 2004. ... USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a supercarrier in the United States Navy, the lead ship of its class. ...

Merger with Northrop Grumman

On November 7, 2001, NNS signed a merger agreement with industrial conglomerate Northrop Grumman. The combination created a $4 billion shipyard now called Northrop Grumman Newport News. 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. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of a 1994 merger between Northrop and Grumman. ... The James River at Cartersville The James River in the U.S. state of Virginia is 547. ... The Middle Peninsula is, as its name implies, the middle of three peninsulas on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 500 miles (805 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 9. ...

Ships built

Ships built at the Newport News yard include:

• Tugboat Dorothy, the shipyard's first vessel delivered, in 1891
• Ocean liner SS Medina for the Mallory Steamship Company in 1914, currently the oldest serving passenger ship in the world
• Wickes class destroyers (Lamberton; Radford; Montgomery; Breese; Gamble; Ramsay) for the Navy in 1918
• Liberty ship transports for the Allies during World War II
• Ocean liner SS United States, holder of a transatlantic speed record
• Submarine USS Shark in 1959, the yard's first nuclear-powered submarine
• Ballistic missile submarine Robert E. Lee in 1959
• Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in 1960, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
• Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers
• Los Angeles class nuclear-powered submarines
• Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines

MV Doulos (at Southampton, England in 2004) The MV Doulos is the worlds oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship. ... The Wickes-class destroyers were built as a result of 1916 Congressional funding to build a fleet second to none. The basic requirement for the class was a possible speed of 35 knots. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... USS Lamberton (DD-119) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy. ... The first USS Radford (DD–120) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later reclassified AG-22. ... The fifth USS Montgomery (DD–121) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later reclassified DM-17. ... The first USS Breese (DD–122) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, and later redesignated, DM-18 in World War II. She was named for Captain Kidder Breese. ... The first USS Gamble (DD–123) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later redesignated DM-15 in World War II. She was named for two brothers, Lt. ... The first USS Ramsay (DD–124) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, reclassified as DM-16 during World War II and again reclassified as AG-98. ... The Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. They were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France/Free France, United States, Canada, China, India, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8... The SS United States (also known as The Big U) is an ocean liner built in 1952. ... Seven United States Navy ships have borne the name Shark. ... USS (SSBN-601), a George Washington-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for Robert E. Lee, the commanding general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. ... The eighth USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the worlds first nuclear aircraft carrier and the seventh U.S. Navy ship of the name. ... The Nimitz class supercarriers are the largest capital ships in the world. ... The Los Angeles-class attack submarines (SSN) are the most numerous class of nuclear powered submarines built by any nation, and form the bulk of the U.S. attack submarine force as of 2004. ... The Virginia class (or SSN-774 class) of attack submarines are the first U.S. subs to be designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions. ...

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

External links

• Northrop Grumman Newport News