Newport News Shipbuilding
1886 - Operational
Overview
Founded by railroad baron Collis Potter Huntington on the James River. The sole builder of United States Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and a leading submarine yard, its dry docks have shaped the most powerful warships afloat for over a century.
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