Newport News Shipbuilding

  • Originally Known As: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
  • American

Notable Position Person From To
Senior Draftsman Thomas W Cooper 1917 1919
Chief Executive Henry E Huntington

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Shipwright USS TEXAS Galveston
Shipwright DOROTHY (tugboat) Newport News
Shipwright USS INTREPID (aircraft carrier) New York City
Shipwright USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) Patriots Point
1905/02/20 Designed by Gardner and Cox, the BINGHAMTON ferryboat is built by the Newport News Shipbuilding for the Hoboken Ferry Co, of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RR. The boat operated between Manhattan and Hoboken from 1905 to 1967. It was razed in 2017. Shipwright
1933/08/14 HUNTINGTON keel is laid and the steam powered tugboat is built by apprentice shipwrights at Newport News Shipyard. The boat was broken up in spring 2010 and scrapped. The pilot house and captain's quarters were sent to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Shipwright Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St Michaels
1942/08/03 Keel of hull No 395, named USS KEARSARGE (CV-12) laid by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Shipwright USS HORNET Alameda
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