The Charleston area is seeing a defense-related shipbuilding renaissance led by companies like Newport News Shipbuilding, HII ...

HII has announced that shipbuilders at its Newport News Shipbuilding ... Enterprise (CVN 80). The assembly, which is approximately 5 feet long and 1… The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson ...

Northrop Grumman Newport News, now known as Newport ... aircraft carriers in production at the shipyard, including John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), Enterprise (CVN 80) and Doris Miller (CVN 81).“ ...

In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so vital that the government even mandated its use in shipbuilding ... U.S. Navy is still ongoing today. Yes. The USS Nimitz, which was constructed in Newport ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — More than two dozen high school seniors know what they’ll be doing after ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – A man with known warrants was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after trying to evade officers during a routine traffic stop May 3, according to the ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Drivers on Interstate 64 through Newport News can expect significant traffic impacts beginning as early as May 5 as the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT ...

After graduating, he worked for several roofing companies before going to work as a Burner at the Newport News Shipyard, where he used torches to burn metal plates, preparing them for shipbuilding.

He retired as a pipefitter from Newport News Shipbuilding after over 35 years. Known by most as Randy, he was also known through the shipyard and his hunt club as “Bull”. Randy loved hunting ...

Skeletons of two U.S. Navy sailors were found inside the turret but their identity is still unknown. The Newport News shipyard built an exact replica of the “Monitor,” which is also on display at the ...