KmBearing 7.2 8071VA Sentara Hampton General Hospital Heliport, Virginia 10.9 97 Hampton Roads, Virginia 11.5 31 Langley Research Center, Virginia 12.0 40KLFI Langley AFB, Virginia 12.3119 NS Norfolk, Virginia 15.1344KPHF Williamsburg Intl, Virginia 37 0 2.52 secs N - 76 26 53.52 secs W In 2001 after fusion with Northrop Grumman renamed Northrop Grumman Newport News @ (optional) Send Ships built Login to Edit From-Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) Ford class1938Cruiser Brooklyn class1942Aircraft Carrier Essex (short hull) class1944Aircraft Carrier Essex (long hull) class1945Aircraft Carrier Midway class1955Aircraft Carrier Forrestal class1961Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) Enterprise class1965Aircraft Carrier America (1965) class1971Command ship Blue Ridge class1974Guided-Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) California class1975Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) Nimitz class1976Guided-Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) Virginia class1986Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) Improved Nimitz class Launch? CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford Ford class? CVN-79 USS John F Kennedy Ford class1938 CL-47 USS Boise Brooklyn class1942-jul CV-9 USS Essex Essex (short hull) class1943-aug-30 CVS-12 USS Hornet Essex (short hull) class1944-jun-28 CV-15 USS Randolph Essex (long hull) class1945-mar-20 CVA-41 USS Midway Midway class1946-apr-2 CVB-43 USS Coral Sea Midway class1954-dec-11 CV-59 USS Forrestal Forrestal class1956-sep-29 CVA-61 USS Ranger Forrestal class1960-sep-24 CVN-65 USS Enterprise Enterprise class1964-feb-1 CV-66 USS America America (1965) class1971 LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney Blue Ridge class1971-sep-22 CGN-36 USS California California class1972-may-15 CVN-68 USS Nimitz Nimitz class1972-jul-1 CGN-37 USS South Carolina California class1974-dec-14 CGN-38 USS Virginia Virginia class1975-aug-9 CGN-39 USS Texas Virginia class1975-oct-11 CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Nimitz class1976-jul-31 CGN-40 USS Mississippi Virginia class1978-oct-21 CGN-41 USS Arkansas Virginia class1980-mar-15 CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson Nimitz class1984-oct-27 CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt Improved Nimitz class1988-feb-13 CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln Improved Nimitz class1990-jul-21 CVN-73 USS George Washington Improved Nimitz class1993-nov-13 CVN-74 USS John C Stennis Improved Nimitz class1996-sep-7 CVN-75 USS Harry S. Truman Improved Nimitz class2001-mar-4 CVN-76 USS Ronald Reagan Improved Nimitz class2006-oct-7 CVN-77 USS George H. W. Bush Improved Nimitz class Events Login to Edit DatesOrg/TypeUnit 2009-nov-13 Keel layingUnited States Naval AviationFord classCVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford 2015-aug-22 Keel layingUnited States Naval AviationFord classCVN-79 USS John F Kennedy 2017 Nuclear re-fuellingUnited States Naval AviationImproved Nimitz classCVN-73 USS George Washington