Location
Satellite and aerial maps of Newport News Shipbuilding with nearby locations | |
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| Km | Bearing | ||
| 7.2 | 080 | 71VA |  Sentara Hampton General Hospital Heliport, Virginia |
| 10.9 | 097 |  Hampton Roads, Virginia | |
| 11.5 | 031 | Langley Research Center, Virginia | |
| 12.0 | 040 | KLFI | Langley AFB, Virginia |
| 12.3 | 119 | NS Norfolk, Virginia | |
| 15.1 | 344 | KPHF | Williamsburg Intl, Virginia |
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History of this Location | |
In 2001 after fusion with Northrop Grumman renamed Northrop Grumman Newport News 
List of ships built at Newport News Shipbuilding | Login to Edit | |
| From | |||
| - | Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) | Ford class | |
| 1938 | Cruiser | Brooklyn class | |
| 1942 | Aircraft Carrier | Essex (short hull) class | |
| 1944 | Aircraft Carrier | Essex (long hull) class | |
| 1945 | Aircraft Carrier | Midway class | |
| 1955 | Aircraft Carrier | Forrestal class | |
| 1961 | Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) |  | Enterprise class |
| 1965 | Aircraft Carrier | America (1965) class | |
| 1971 | Command ship |  | Blue Ridge class |
| 1974 | Guided-Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) |  | California class |
| 1975 | Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) |  | Nimitz class |
| 1976 | Guided-Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) |  | Virginia class |
| 1986 | Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) | Improved Nimitz class |
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| 1938 |  CL-47 USS Boise | Brooklyn class | ||||
| 1942-jul | CV-9 USS Essex | Essex (short hull) class | ||||
| 1943-jan-21 | CVS-10 USS Yorktown | Essex (short hull) class | ||||
| 1943-aug-30 | CVS-12 USS Hornet | Essex (short hull) class | ||||
| 1944-jun-28 | CV-15 USS Randolph | Essex (long hull) class | ||||
| 1945-mar-20 | CVA-41 USS Midway | Midway class | ||||
| 1946-apr-2 | CVB-43 USS Coral Sea | Midway class | ||||
| 1954-dec-11 | CV-59 USS Forrestal | Forrestal class | ||||
| 1956-sep-29 | CVA-61 USS Ranger | Forrestal class | ||||
| 1960-sep-24 | CVN-65 USS Enterprise | Enterprise class | ||||
| 1964-feb-1 | CV-66 USS America | America (1965) class | ||||
| 1971 | LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney | Blue Ridge class | ||||
| 1971-sep-22 | CGN-36 USS California | California class | ||||
| 1972-may-15 | CVN-68 USS Nimitz | Nimitz class | ||||
| 1972-jul-1 | CGN-37 USS South Carolina | California class | ||||
| 1974-dec-14 | CGN-38 USS Virginia | Virginia class | ||||
| 1975-aug-9 | CGN-39 USS Texas | Virginia class | ||||
| 1975-oct-11 | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | Nimitz class | ||||
| 1976-jul-31 | CGN-40 USS Mississippi | Virginia class | ||||
| 1978-oct-21 | CGN-41 USS Arkansas | Virginia class | ||||
| 1980-mar-15 | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | Nimitz class | ||||
| 1984-oct-27 | CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt | Improved Nimitz class | ||||
| 1988-feb-13 | CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln | Improved Nimitz class | ||||
| 1990-jul-21 | CVN-73 USS George Washington | Improved Nimitz class | ||||
| 1993-nov-13 | CVN-74 USS John C Stennis | Improved Nimitz class | ||||
| 1996-sep-7 | CVN-75 USS Harry S. Truman | Improved Nimitz class | ||||
| 2001-mar-4 | CVN-76 USS Ronald Reagan | Improved Nimitz class | ||||
| 2006-oct-7 | CVN-77 USS George H. W. Bush | Improved Nimitz class | ||||
| 2017 | CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford | Ford class | ||||
| 2019-dec-16 | CVN-79 USS John F Kennedy | Ford class | ||||
List of aircraft and events at Newport News Shipbuilding | Login to Edit | |
| Dates | Org/Type | Unit | |||
| 2009-nov-13 | Keel laying | USN | Ford class | CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford | |
| 2015-aug-22 | Keel laying | USN | Ford class | CVN-79 USS John F Kennedy | |
| 2017 | Nuclear re-fuelling | USN | Improved Nimitz class | CVN-73 USS George Washington | |
| 2019-dec-16 | USN | Ford class | CVN-79 USS John F Kennedy | ||
