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Newport News Shipbuilding

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Newport News Shipbuilding Launches New Jersey (SSN 796)

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Newport News Shipbuilding Floods Dry Dock for John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)

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Welder Trade – Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries

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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Arrives at Newport News Shipbuilding

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Dry Dock 12 Flooded at Newport News Shipbuilding

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy submarines. 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, their facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km2), strategically positioned in one of the great harbors of the East Coast.
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