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USS. Hampton. (SSN-767) USS Hampton (SSN-767), a Los Angeles -class submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to bear this name. The earlier Hampton s were given their names for varying reasons, but SSN-767 was specifically named for four cities: Hampton, Virginia; Hampton, Iowa; Hampton, South Carolina; and Hampton, New Hampshire.
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 ...
In October 2009, Carl Vinson entered a four-month shipyard maintenance period at Northrop Grumman Newport News in preparation for her upcoming transit to the Pacific in the spring. [31] The ship was scheduled to transit around South America [ 31 ] to her new home at NAS North Island , San Diego, joining sister-carriers USS CVN-68 and USS CVN-76 ...
9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) Propulsion. S6G nuclear reactor. Complement. 12 officers, 98 enlisted. Armament. 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. USS Norfolk (SSN-714), a Los Angeles -class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Norfolk, Virginia .
1 × 5"/38 caliber guns. 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns. 12 × 20 mm guns. USS Ariel (AF-22) was the United Fruit Company cargo and passenger liner Peten, renamed Jamaica in 1937, that served as a United States Navy Mizar -class stores ship in World War II . As Segovia it was launched on 15 August 1931 the same day as Talamanca, both ships christened ...
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.
80+. USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (formerly CVA-67 ), the only ship of her class, is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy. Considered a supercarrier, [4] she is a variant of the Kitty Hawk class, and the last conventionally-powered carrier built for the Navy, [5] as all carriers since have had nuclear propulsion.
August 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM. ... 2023, a Sunday morning, and lost contact with its support vessel about two hours later. After a search and rescue mission that drew attention around the world, the ...