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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 ...
Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding (expected) Operators United States Navy: Preceded by: Virginia class: Cost: $5.6 billion to $7.2 billion per unit: Built: 2034 (planned) In service: 2042 (planned) General characteristics (conceptual) Type: Nuclear attack submarine: Propulsion: Nuclear reactor: Range: Unlimited: Endurance
Armament. 12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk. USS Massachusetts (SSN-798), is a Virginia -class nuclear powered attack submarine currently being built for the United States Navy. She is the 25th submarine of the class, and is named for the U.S. state of Massachusetts —the eighth such vessel.
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]
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA: 12 July 2002 9 April 2005 9 September 2006 In service [140] Hawaii: SSN-776 General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, CT 27 August 2004 17 June 2006 5 May 2007 In service [141] North Carolina: SSN-777 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA 22 May 2004 5 May 2007 3 May 2008 In service [142] New ...
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News: 4 February 1971 6 April 1974 19 February 1977 11 March 1978 29 July 1996 18 years, 4 months and 18 days Disposed of by submarine recycling [42] N/A [43] Groton: SSN-694 General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton: 31 January 1971 3 August 1973 9 October 1976 8 July 1978 7 November 1997 19 years, 3 months and ...
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Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), is one of two nuclear shipyards in the U.S. and is currently working on building the Ford-class aircraft carrier and ...