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{{Short description|American shipyard}}
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[[File:Newport News Shipyard, aerial view, Oct 1994.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Aerial view of the Newport News shipyard in 1994. Visible in the drydocks are {{USS|Long Beach|CGN-9|6}} and {{USNS|Gilliland|T-AKR-298|6}}]]

'''Newport News Shipbuilding''' ('''NNS'''), a division of [[Huntington Ingalls Industries]], is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of [[aircraft carrier]]s and one of two providers of [[submarine]]s for the [[United States Navy]], founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886 and located in the city of [[Newport News]], [[Virginia]]. Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Its facilities span more than {{convert|550|acre|km2}}.

The shipyard is a major employer for the lower [[Virginia Peninsula]], [[South Hampton Roads|portions of Hampton Roads]] south of the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] and the harbor, portions of the [[Middle Peninsula]] region, and even some northeastern counties of [[North Carolina]].

The shipyard is building two {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier}}s: {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CVN-79}}, and {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-80}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise (CVN 80) Advanced Planning Contract Awarded|url=http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/hii-awarded-152-million-advance-planning-contract-for-the-third-ford-class-aircraft-carrier-enterprise-cvn-80|access-date=August 6, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806180658/http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/hii-awarded-152-million-advance-planning-contract-for-the-third-ford-class-aircraft-carrier-enterprise-cvn-80|archive-date=August 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.navaltoday.com/2018/12/28/hii-gets-additional-228m-for-enterprise-cvn-80-long-lead-time-materials/|title=HII gets additional $228m for ''Enterprise'' (CVN-80) long lead time materials|publisher=navaltoday.com.|date=December 28, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2013, Newport News Shipbuilding began the deactivation of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}},<ref>{{cite web|title=HII Awarded $745 Million Contract to Inactivate USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN 65)|url=http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-release-hii-awarded-745-million-contract-to-inactivate-uss-enterprise-cvn-65|access-date=June 28, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426054543/http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-release-hii-awarded-745-million-contract-to-inactivate-uss-enterprise-cvn-65|archive-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref> which it also built.

Newport News Shipbuilding also performs refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) work on {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|1}}s. This is a four-year vessel renewal program that involves refueling the vessel's nuclear reactors and performing modernization work. The yard has completed RCOH for five ''Nimitz''-class carriers ({{USS|Nimitz}}, {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower}}, {{USS|Carl Vinson}}, {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}} and {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}}).<ref>{{cite web|title=Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH)|url=http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com/products/carriers/rcoh/index|website=Newport News Shipbuilding|publisher=Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.|access-date=June 4, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501222432/http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com/products/carriers/rcoh/index|archive-date=May 1, 2016}}</ref> As of November 2017, this work was underway for the ''Nimitz''-class vessel {{USS|George Washington|CVN-73|6}}.<ref>[http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com/videos/uss-george-washington-cvn73-arrives-rcoh/ USS George Washington CVN73 arrives for RCOH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152115/http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com/videos/uss-george-washington-cvn73-arrives-rcoh/ |date=May 13, 2018 }}, Newport News Shipbuilding, Access date May 10, 2018</ref>

==History==
[[File:1899 Newport News Shipbuilding Co. advertisement.jpg|right|thumb|An 1899 advertisement for the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company]]
Industrialist [[Collis P. Huntington]] (1821–1900) provided crucial funding to complete the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (1868–1878)|Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad]] (C&O) from [[Richmond, Virginia]], to the [[Ohio River]] in the early 1870s. Although originally built for general commerce, this C&O rail link to the midwest was soon also being used to transport [[bituminous coal]] from the previously isolated coalfields, adjacent to the [[New River (Kanawha River)|New River]] and the [[Kanawha River]] in [[West Virginia]]. In 1881, the [[Peninsula Extension]] of the C&O was built from Richmond down the [[Virginia Peninsula]] to reach a new [[coal pier]] on [[Hampton Roads]] in [[Warwick County, Virginia|Warwick County]] near the small [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] of [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News Point]]. However, building the railroad and coal pier was only the first part of Huntington's dreams for Newport News.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

===The shipyard's early years===
[[File:SS Monroe launch 1902.png|thumb|right|Old Dominion Line steamship ''Monroe'' launch 1902]]
[[File:Northrop Grumman Newport News 032007 001.png|thumb|right|Main Gate, 37th St. and Washington Ave.]]
[[File:NNSB-00522.jpg|thumb|Cranes of Newport News Shipbuilding seen from the [[James River Bridge]], 2020]]
In 1886, Huntington built a [[shipyard]] to repair ships servicing this transportation hub. In 1891 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company delivered its first ship, the [[tugboat]] ''Dorothy''. By 1897 NNS had built three warships for the [[United States Navy|US Navy]]: {{USS|Nashville|PG-7|6}}, {{USS|Wilmington|PG-8|2}} and {{USS|Helena|PG-9|2}}.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

When Collis died in 1900, his nephew [[Henry E. Huntington]] inherited much of his uncle's fortune. He also married Collis' widow [[Arabella Huntington]], and assumed Collis' leadership role with Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Under Henry Huntington's leadership, growth continued.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

In 1906 the revolutionary {{HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6}} launched a great naval race worldwide. Between 1907 and 1923, Newport News built six of the [[United States Navy|US Navy]]'s total of 22 [[dreadnought]]s – {{USS|Delaware|BB-28|6}}, {{USS|Texas|BB-35|2}}, {{USS|Pennsylvania|BB-38|2}}, {{USS|Mississippi|BB-41|2}}, {{USS|Maryland|BB-46|2}} and {{USS|West Virginia|BB-48|2}}. All but the first were in active service in [[World War II]]. In 1907 President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] sent the [[Great White Fleet]] on its round-the-world voyage. NNS had built seven of its 16 [[battleship]]s.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

In 1914 NNS built SS ''Medina'' for the [[Mallory Steamship Company]]; as {{MV|Doulos}} she was until 2009 the world's oldest active ocean-faring [[passenger ship]].{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

===Newport News and the shipyard===
[[File:NNS 41809.JPG|thumb|right|The shipyard's railroad system]]
In the early years, leaders of the Newport News community and those of the shipyard were virtually interchangeable. Shipyard president [[Walter A. Post]] served from March 9, 1911, to February 12, 1912, when he died. Earlier, he had come to the area as one of the builders of the C&O Railway's terminals, and had served as the first mayor of Newport News after it became an [[independent city]] in 1896. It was on March 14, 1914, that Albert Lloyd Hopkins, a young New Yorker trained in engineering, succeeded Post as president of the company. In May 1915 while traveling to England on shipyard business aboard {{RMS|Lusitania}}, Hopkins died when that ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk by a German [[U-boat]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Mr. Albert Lloyd Hopkins |url=http://www.rmslusitania.info/people/saloon/albert-hopkins/ |work=Saloon (First Class) Passenger List |date=July 25, 2011 |publisher=The Lusitania Resource |access-date=December 5, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427020922/http://www.rmslusitania.info/people/saloon/albert-hopkins/ |archive-date=April 27, 2012 }}</ref> off [[Cobh|Queenstown]] on the Irish coast. His assistant, Frederic Gauntlett, was also on board, but was able to swim to safety.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ruegsegger |first=Bob |title=Authenticity Regs & More |url=http://www.great-war-assoc.org/over_the_top.htm |publisher=Great War Association |access-date=December 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220132044/http://www.great-war-assoc.org/over_the_top.htm |archive-date=February 20, 2012 }}</ref> [[Homer L. Ferguson|Homer Lenoir Ferguson]] was company vice president when Hopkins died, and assumed the presidency the following August.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ferguson Becomes Head of Shipbuilding Plant|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-08-13/ed-1/seq-10/|access-date=August 13, 2015|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=August 13, 1915|location=Richmond, Virginia|page=10|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20150813105502/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-08-13/ed-1/seq-10/|archive-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref> He saw the company through both world wars, became a noted community leader, and was a co-founder of the [[Mariners' Museum]] with Archer Huntington. He served until July 31, 1946, after [[World War II]] had ended on both the European and Pacific fronts.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

[[File:Hilton Village.jpg|right|thumb|Hilton Village]]
Just northwest of the shipyard, [[Hilton Village]], one of the first planned communities in the country, was built by the federal government to house shipyard workers in 1918. The planners met with the wives of shipyard workers. Based on their input 14 house plans were designed for the projected 500 English-village-style homes. After the war, in 1922, Henry Huntington acquired it from the government, and helped facilitate the sale of the homes to shipyard employees and other local residents. Three streets there were named after Post, Hopkins, and Ferguson.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hilton Village 1969 Nomination Form, p2-3|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/NewportNews/121-0009_Hilton_Village_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf|work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory|publisher=US Department of the Interior|access-date=December 5, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927015626/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/NewportNews/121-0009_Hilton_Village_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf|archive-date=September 27, 2012}}</ref>

===Navy orders during and after World War I===
  The ''Lusitania'' incident was among the events that brought the United States into World War I. Between 1918 and 1920 NNS delivered 25 [[destroyer]]s, and after the war it began building [[aircraft carrier]]s. {{USS|Ranger|CV-4|6}} was delivered in 1934, and NNS went on to build {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|2}} and {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|2}}.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

  In 1917, the year the U.S entered World War I, the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company was contracted to build several ships for the U.S military. In order to fulfill this contract, the company had to hire thousands of employees from across the country. However, a large problem arose: the city of Newport News did not have the housing to support this large influx of its population. This led to the creation of Hilton Village, a neighborhood still found in Newport News, Virginia, today, that was created to house these workers.<ref>Mulrooney, M. M. (1990). Hilton Village, Virginia: The Government’s First Model Industrial Community. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.</ref>

===Ocean liners===
After World War I NNS completed a major reconditioning and refurbishment of the [[ocean liner]] {{SS|Leviathan}}. Before the war she had been the German liner ''Vaterland'', but the start of hostilities found her laid up in [[New York Harbor]] and she had been seized by the US Government in 1917 and converted into a [[troopship]]. War duty and age meant that all wiring, plumbing, and interior layouts were stripped and redesigned while her hull was strengthened and her boilers converted from coal to oil while being refurbished. Virtually a new ship emerged from NNS in 1923, and SS ''Leviathan'' became the [[flagship]] of [[United States Lines]].{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

In 1927 NNS launched the world's first significant [[Turbo-electric transmission|turbo-electric]] ocean liner: [[Panama Pacific Line]]'s {{GRT|17833}} {{SS|California|1928|6}}.<ref name=Time>{{cite news |url=http://cruiselinehistory.com/cruise-line-history-%E2%80%93-panama-pacific-lines-finished-from-1938-time-magazine-2/ |publisher=Michael L Grace |title=Panama Pacific Lines finished |newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=May 9, 1938 |access-date=May 19, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20130520141839/http://cruiselinehistory.com/cruise-line-history-%E2%80%93-panama-pacific-lines-finished-from-1938-time-magazine-2/ |archive-date=May 20, 2013 }}</ref> At the time she was also the largest merchant ship yet built in the United States,<ref name=Time/> although she was a modest size compared with the biggest European liners of her era. NNS launched ''California''{{'}}s [[sister ship]]s ''[[SS Brazil (1928)|Virginia]]'' in 1928 and ''[[SS Argentina (1929)|Pennsylvania]]'' in 1929. NNS followed them by launching two even larger turbo-electric liners for [[Dollar Steamship Company]]: the {{GRT|21936}} {{SS|President Hoover}} in 1930, followed by her sister {{SS|President Coolidge||2}} in 1931. {{SS|America|1939|6}} was launched in 1939 and entered service with United States lines shortly before World War II but soon returned to the shipyard for conversion to a troopship, USS ''West Point''.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

===Navy orders before and during World War II===
[[File:Launch of USS Birmingham (CL-62) at Newport News Shipbuilding on 20 March 1942 (NH 75592).jpg|The newly built {{USS|Birmingham|CL-62|6}} is launched from the Newport News yards in 1942|thumb|right]]
By 1940 the Navy had ordered a battleship, seven more aircraft carriers and four [[cruiser]]s. During [[World War II]], NNS built ships as part of the U.S. government's [[Emergency Shipbuilding Program]], and swiftly filled requests for "[[Liberty ship]]s" that were needed during the war. It founded the [[North Carolina Shipbuilding Company]], an emergency yard on the banks of the [[Cape Fear River]] and launched its first Liberty ship before the end of 1941, building 243 ships in all, including 186 Libertys. For its contributions during the war, the Navy awarded the company its "E" pennant for excellence in shipbuilding. NNS ranked 23rd among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peck |first1=Merton J |author1-link=Whiz Kids (Department of Defense) |last2=Scherer |first2=Frederic M |author2-link=Frederic M. Scherer |year=1962 |title=The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis |location=Boston, MA |publisher=[[Harvard Business Press]] |page=619}}</ref>

===Post-war ships===
In the post-war years NNS built the passenger liner {{SS|United States}}, which set a [[Blue Riband|transatlantic speed record]] that still stands today. In 1954 NNS, [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] and the US Navy developed and built a prototype [[nuclear reactor]] for a carrier propulsion system. NNS designed {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} in 1960. In 1959 NNS launched its first nuclear-powered [[submarine]], {{USS|Robert E. Lee|SSBN-601|6}}.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

In the 1970s, NNS launched two of the largest [[Tanker (ship)|tankers]] ever built in the western hemisphere and also constructed three [[liquefied natural gas carrier]]s – at over 390,000 deadweight tons, the largest ever built in the United States. NNS and [[Westinghouse Electric Company]] jointly formed [[Offshore Power Systems]] to build floating nuclear power plants for [[Public Service Electric and Gas Company]].

In the 1980s, NNS produced a variety of Navy products, including {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|0}} nuclear aircraft carriers and {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|0}} nuclear attack submarines. Since 1999 the shipyard has only produced warships for the Navy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ships Built By Newport News Shipbuilding |url=http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ships_built_by_NNS.pdf |publisher=Huntington-Ingalls |access-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207041048/http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ships_built_by_NNS.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Submarine building problems===
In 2007, the US Navy found that workers had used the incorrect metal to fuse together pipes and joints on submarines under construction and this could have eventually led to cracking and leaks. In 2009 it was found that bolts and fasteners in weapons-handling systems on four Navy submarines, {{USS|New Mexico|SSN-779|2}}, {{USS|North Carolina|SSN-777|2}}, {{USS|Missouri|SSN-780|2}}, and {{USS|California|SSN-781|2}}, were installed incorrectly, delaying the launching of the boats while the problems were corrected.<ref>Frost, Peter, "Northrop Moving Forward On Submarine Investigation", ''[[Newport News Daily Press]]'', September 30, 2009.</ref>

===Mergers, realignment, and spin-off===
In 1968, Newport News merged with [[Tenneco|Tenneco Corporation]]. In 1996, Tenneco initiated a spinoff of Newport News into an independent company (Newport News Shipbuilding).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northropgrumman.com/heritage/index.html|title=Our Heritage|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316174653/http://www.northropgrumman.com/heritage/index.html|archive-date=March 16, 2010|access-date=February 18, 2009}}</ref> In 2001, [[General Dynamics]] made a second bid to purchase the company after a failed bid in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/04/25/europe/general/index.htm|title=Shipbuilding deal floated |website=[[CNN Money]] |access-date=2024-02-11}}</ref> Such a merger would have eliminated competition for the production of [[Virginia-class submarine|''Virginia''-class submarines]], which have only been made by Newport News and GD subsidiary [[General Dynamics Electric Boat|Electric Boat]]. Northrop Grumman matched GD with a similar bid, and following a Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit to block GD's bid, GD called off their bid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/10/26/deals/newport_gd/index.htm|title=General Dynamics calls off Newport bid|website=[[CNN Money]]|access-date=2024-02-11|archive-date=June 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624130426/https://money.cnn.com/2001/10/26/deals/newport_gd/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Now as the sole bidder, Northrop Grumman purchased the company for $2.6 billion and renamed it "Northrop Grumman Newport News".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/11/08/deals/northrop_newport/index.htm|title=Northrop to buy Newport News for $2.6B – Nov. 8, 2001|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606085434/http://money.cnn.com/2001/11/08/deals/northrop_newport/index.htm|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref> This division was merged with [[Northrop Grumman Ship Systems]] in 2008 and given the name "[[Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=134293 |title=Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Announces Key Leadership and Organizational Changes |access-date=February 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219212823/http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=134293 |archive-date=February 19, 2008 }}</ref> Three years later, the company was [[Corporate spin-off|spun off]] as [[Huntington Ingalls Industries]], Inc.,<ref>[http://www.globenewswire.com/newsarchive/hii/pages/news_releases.html?d=217512 America's Largest Military Shipbuilder Begins Operations as a New, Publicly Traded Company Under the Name of Huntington Ingalls Industries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530075304/http://www.globenewswire.com/newsarchive/hii/pages/news_releases.html?d=217512 |date=May 30, 2011 }}</ref> which trades under the symbol HII on the [[New York Stock Exchange]].{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

===Presidents===
*[[Matt Mulherin]] (2011–2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/business/shipyards/article_184efe6f-6c75-5cce-80df-792cb2133b75.html |title=Newport News Shipbuilding president Matt Mulherin to retire |author-last1=McCabe|author-first1=Robert|website=[[The Virginian-Pilot]] |access-date=8 April 2021 |archive-date=April 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409234027/https://www.pilotonline.com/business/shipyards/article_184efe6f-6c75-5cce-80df-792cb2133b75.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Jennifer Boykin]] (2017–present)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pilotonline.com/inside-business/special-reports/vp-ib-power-list-boykin-20200518-uxhwcmf6sjaxvau5f6c3oajm4q-story.html |title= The Power List - Jennifer Boykin, president, Newport News Shipbuilding |website= [[Inside Business (newspaper)|Inside Business]] |access-date= 8 April 2021 |archive-date= March 3, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210303121308/https://www.pilotonline.com/inside-business/special-reports/vp-ib-power-list-boykin-20200518-uxhwcmf6sjaxvau5f6c3oajm4q-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Ships built==
<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="180">
File:Northrop Grumman Newport News 032007 tugboat dorothy.png|''Dorothy''
File:USS Virginia LOC npcc 32728.jpg|[[USS Virginia (BB-13)|''Virginia'']]
File:USS_Texas-2.jpg|[[USS Texas (BB-35)|''Texas'']]
File:Moore-McCormack-Good-Neighbor-passenger-liner.jpg|[[SS California (1928)|''California'']]
File:USS Newport News (CA-148) underway in the Mediterranean Sea on 9 September 1957.jpg|[[USS Newport News (CA-148)|''Newport News'']]
File:USS Shark SSN 591.jpg|[[USS Shark (SSN-591)|''Shark'']]
File:USS Mississippi (CGN-40).JPG|[[USS Mississippi (CGN-40)|''Mississippi'']]
File:USS Montana (SSN-794) conducts initial sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean on 1 February 2022 (220201-O-NO101-150).JPG|[[USS Montana (SSN-794)|''Montana'']]
File:USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 9 October 2022 (221009-N-TL968-1248).JPG|[[USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)|''Gerald R. Ford'']]
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable nowraplinks sortable"
!style="text-align: left;"|Launch Date
!style="text-align: left;"|Yard No.
!style="text-align: left;"|Ship
!style="text-align: left;"|Class and type
!style="text-align: left;"|Operator
!style="text-align: left;"|Notes
!style="text-align: left;"|Ref
|-
| 1891
| 
| '''{{ship||Dorothy|1891 tug|2}}'''
| 
| 
| Shipyard's first vessel, delivered in 1891, on display in yard.
| 
|-
| March 24, 1898
| 
| '''{{USS|Kearsarge|BB-5|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Kearsarge|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| March 24, 1898
| 
| '''{{USS|Kentucky|BB-6|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Kearsarge|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| October 4, 1898
| 
| '''{{USS|Illinois|BB-7|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Illinois|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| November 10, 1900
| 
| '''{{USS|Arkansas|BM-7|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Arkansas|monitor||warship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| One of the last monitors built for the United States Navy
| 
|-
| April 18, 1903
| 
| '''{{USS|West Virginia|ACR-5|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Pennsylvania|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| September 12, 1903
| 
| '''{{USS|Maryland|ACR-8|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Pennsylvania|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| April 6, 1904
| 
| '''{{USS|Virginia|BB-13|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Virginia|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| April 3, 1905
| 
| '''{{ship||Binghampton|ferryboat|2}}'''
| [[ferryboat]]
| [[New York Harbor]]
| New York Harbor | Last surviving steam ferry built to serve New York Harbor when dismantled in 2017.
| 
|-
| October 6, 1906
| 
| '''{{USS|North Carolina|ACR-12 |2}}'''
| {{sclass|Tennessee|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| December 15, 1906
| 
| '''{{USS|Montana|ACR-13|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Tennessee|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| March 9, 1907
| 
| '''{{USS|Minnesota|BB-22|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Connecticut|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| 1908
| 
| '''{{SS|Georgia||2}}'''
| [[Oil tanker]]
| M.V. Dutch Tanker & Oil Company
| 
| 
|-
| February 6, 1909
| 
| '''{{USS|Delaware|BB-28|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Delaware|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| 1910
| 
| '''{{ship||J. A. Chanslor||2}}'''
| [[Oil tanker]]
| [[Associated Oil Company]]
| 
| 
|-
| May 18, 1912
| 
| '''{{USS|Texas|BB-35|2}}'''
| {{sclass|New York|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Only surviving [[dreadnought]] battleship 
| 
|-
| September 14, 1912
| 
| '''{{USS|Proteus|AC-9|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Proteus|collier||ship type}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| April 26, 1913
| 
| '''{{USS|Nereus|AC-10|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Proteus|collier||ship type}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| August 22, 1914
| 176
| '''{{SS|Medina||2}}'''
| [[Cargo ship]]
| Mallory Steamship Company
| Oldest passenger vessel at time of retirement in 2009.
| 
|-
| March 16, 1915
| 
| '''{{USS|Pennsylvania|BB-38|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Pennsylvania|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| January 25, 1917
| 
| '''{{USS|Mississippi|BB-41|2}}'''
| {{sclass|New Mexico|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| March 30, 1918
| 
| '''{{USS|Lamberton|DD-119|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| April 5, 1918
| 
| '''{{USS|Montgomery|DD-121|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| April 5, 1918
| 
| '''{{USS|Radford|DD-120|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| May 11, 1918
| 
| '''{{USS|Breese|DD-122|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| November 29, 1918
| 
| '''{{USS|Gamble|DD-123|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| February 15, 1919
| 
| '''{{USS|Ramsay|DD-124|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| February 14, 1920
| 
| '''{{USS|Abel P. Upshur|DD-193|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| <ref name="danfs-abelpupshur">{{cite web |title=Abel P. Upshur (Destroyer No. 193) |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/abel-p-upshur.html |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=September 11, 2019 |date=February 23, 2016 |quote=Abel P. Upshur (Destroyer No. 193) was laid down on 20 August 1918 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; launched on 14 February 1920; sponsored by Mrs. George J. Benson, great-great niece of Secretary Upshur |archive-date=September 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906164959/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/abel-p-upshur.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| March 20, 1920
| 
| '''{{USS|Maryland|BB-46|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Colorado|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| November 19, 1920
| 
| '''{{USS|West Virginia|BB-48|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Colorado|battleship}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| October 1, 1927<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/pacificmarinerev2528paci/page/n196/mode/1up?view=theater|title=Pacific marine review}}</ref>
| 315
| '''{{SS|California|1928|2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| Panama Pacific Line
| [[Turbo-electric transmission|Turbo-electric]]
| 
|-
| 1928
| 
| '''{{SS|Virginia|1928|2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| Panama Pacific Line
| 
| 
|-
| October 10, 1928
| 328
| '''{{SS|Pennsylvania||2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| Panama Pacific Line
| 
| 
|-
| September 7, 1929
| 
| '''{{USS|Houston|CA-30|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Northampton|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| February 1, 1930
| 
| '''{{USS|Augusta|CA-31|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Northampton|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| December 9, 1930
| 339
| '''{{SS|President Hoover||2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| Dollar Steamship Lines
| 
| 
|-
| February 21, 1931
| 340
| '''{{SS|President Coolidge||2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| Dollar Steamship Lines
| 
| 
|-
| August 15, 1931
| 
| '''{{SS|Peten||2}}'''
| [[Cargo liner]]
| United Fruit Company
| 
| 
|-
| 1931
| 
| '''{{SS|Talamanca||2}}'''
| [[Cargo liner]]
| United Fruit Company
| 
| 
|-
| 1932
| 
| '''{{SS|Chiriqui||2}}'''
| [[Cargo liner]]
| United Fruit Company
| 
| 
|-
| February 25, 1933
| 
| '''{{USS|Ranger|CV-4|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ranger|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| First purpose-built aircraft carrier of the United States Navy
| 
|-
| April 4, 1936
| 
| '''{{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| October 3, 1936
| 
| '''{{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| December 3, 1936
| 
| '''{{USS|Boise|CL-47|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Brooklyn|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| December 8, 1938
| 
| '''{{USS|Mustin|DD-413|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Sims|destroyer}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| December 8, 1938
| 
| '''{{USS|Russell|DD-414|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Sims|destroyer}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| August 31, 1939
| 
| '''{{SS|America|1940|2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| [[United States Lines]]
| 
| 
|-
| December 14, 1940
| 
| '''{{USS|Hornet|CV-8|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| November 21, 1941
| 
| '''{{USS|Indiana|BB-58|2}}'''
| {{sclass|South Dakota|battleship (1939)|0}} [[Fast battleship|battleship]]
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| July 31, 1942
| 
| '''{{USS|Essex|CV-9 |2}}'''
| {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| April 15, 1943
| 
| '''{{USS|Yorktown|CV-10|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| April 26, 1943
| 
| '''{{USS|Intrepid|CV-11|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| August 30, 1943
| 
| '''{{USS|Hornet|CV-12|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Preserved as the [[USS Hornet Museum]] in [[Alameda, California]].
| 
|-
| October 14, 1943
| 
| '''{{USS|Franklin|CV-13|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| February 7, 1944
| 
| '''{{USS|Ticonderoga|CV-14|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| June 28, 1944
| 
| '''{{USS|Randolph|CV-15|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| December 14, 1944
| 
| '''{{USS|Boxer|CV-21|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| March 20, 1945
| 
| '''{{USS|Midway|CV-41|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| August 23, 1945
| 
| '''{{USS|Leyte|CV-32|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| April 2, 1946
| 
| '''{{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
|-
| March 6, 1948
|
| '''{{USS|Newport News|CA-148|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Des Moines|heavy cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
|
|-
| June 23, 1951
| 
| '''{{SS|United States||2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| [[United States Lines]]
| Holder of the [[Blue Riband]].
| 
|-
| December 11, 1954
| 
| '''{{USS|Forrestal|CVA-59|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| September 29, 1956
| 
| '''{{USS|Ranger|CVA-61|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| December 18, 1959
| 
| '''{{USS|Robert E. Lee|SSBN-601|2}}'''
| {{sclass|George Washington|submarine}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| March 16, 1960
| 
| '''{{USS|Shark|SSN-591|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Skipjack|submarine}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Yard's first nuclear-powered submarine.
| 
|-
| September 24, 1960
| 
| '''{{USS|Enterprise |CVN-65|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Enterprise|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| World's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
| 
|-
| September 16, 1961
| 
| '''{{ship|TS|Empire State VI||2}}'''
| [[Troopship]]
| [[United States Maritime Administration]]
| 
| 
|-
| February 1, 1964
| 
| '''{{USS|America|CV-66|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| May 27, 1967
| 
| '''{{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|2}}'''
| {{sclass|John F. Kennedy|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| 
| 
|-
| May 13, 1972
| 
| '''{{USS|Nimitz|CVN-68|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered.
| 
|-
| December 14, 1974
| 
| '''{{USS|Virginia|CGN-38|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Virginia|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered.
| 
|-
| August 9, 1975
| 
| '''{{USS|Texas|CGN-39|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Virginia|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered.
| 
|-
| October 11, 1975
| 
| '''{{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered.
| 
|-
| July 31, 1976
| 
| '''{{USS |Mississippi|CGN-40|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Virginia|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| October 21, 1978
| 
| '''{{USS|Arkansas|CGN-41|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Virginia|cruiser}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| March 15, 1980
| 
| '''{{USS|Carl Vinson|CVN-70|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| October 27, 1984
| 
| '''{{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| February 13, 1988
| 
| '''{{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| July 21, 1990
| 
| '''{{USS|George Washington|CVN-73|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| November 13, 1993
| 
| '''{{USS|John C. Stennis|CVN-74|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| September 7, 1996
| 
| '''{{USS|Harry S. Truman|CVN-75|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| March 4, 2001
| 
| '''{{USS|Ronald Reagan|CVN-76|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| October 9, 2006
| 
| '''{{USS|George H.W. Bush|CVN-77|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| October 11, 2013
| 
| '''{{USS|Gerald R. Ford|CVN-78|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ford|aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|-
| October 29, 2019
| 
| '''{{USS|John F. Kennedy|CVN-79|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ford |aircraft carrier}}
| [[United States Navy]]
| Nuclear-powered
| 
|}

Other ships built at the Newport News yard include:{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}
* {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|0}} nuclear-powered aircraft carriers:
** {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-80}}, under construction
**[[USS Doris Miller (CVN-81)]], under construction
* [[Liberty ship]] transports for the Allies during [[World War II]]
* {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|0}} nuclear-powered submarines
* {{sclass|Virginia|submarine|0}} nuclear-powered submarines

===Gallery===
<gallery>
USS Ronald Reagan christening.jpg|Ronald Reagan Christening
Northrop Grumman Newport News 032007 015.png|North Yard Crane
F-A-18F Super Hornet approaches to USS Gerald R. Ford.jpg|{{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier}}
NNSX 41809 June 10 2008.JPG|Newport News Shipbuilding Foundry & Switch Engine
</gallery>

== Ships rebuilt ==
*{{Ship|SS|Jacona|1918|6}}, the first sea-going electric power plant for emergencies{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}
*{{Ship||Sea Witch|container ship|2}}, wrecked ship that was salvaged and her still-operational stern and machinery spaces rebuilt and used in the construction of a new chemical tanker, the Chemical Discoverer, later renamed Chemical Pioneer{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

==World War II Shipbuilding Facilities==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  style="text-align: left;" | Shipway
! Width !! Length !! Type !! Date
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 2
|{{convert|76|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kEM_CE8TWgwC|title=A Statistical Summary of Shipbuilding Under the U. S. Maritime Commission During World War II|year=1949|page=94|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn=9780598775030|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-date=June 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624130408/https://books.google.com/books?id=kEM_CE8TWgwC|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{convert|628|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|Inclined Slipway
|
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 3
|{{convert|76|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|{{convert|628|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|Inclined Slipway
|
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 4
|{{convert|76|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|{{convert|628|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|Inclined Slipway
|
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 5
|{{convert|76|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|{{convert|628|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|Inclined Slipway
|
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 6
|{{convert|96|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|{{convert|628|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|Inclined Slipway
|
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 7
|{{convert|76|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|{{convert|628|ft|m}}<ref name="Summary_Shipbuilding"/>
|Inclined Slipway
|
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 8
|{{convert|111|ft|m}}<ref name="National_Defense_Migration">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzYprJskpXgC|title=National Defense Migration: Washington, D. C., hearings, March 24-26, 1941. pt.12. San Diego, June 12-13, 1941|year=1941|page=4468|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-date=June 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624130420/https://books.google.com/books?id=YzYprJskpXgC|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{convert|1000|ft|m}}<ref name="National_Defense_Migration"/>
|Semi-submerged Inclined Slipway
|1919
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 9
|{{convert|111|ft|m}}<ref name="National_Defense_Migration"/>
|{{convert|1000|ft|m}}<ref name="National_Defense_Migration"/>
|Semi-submerged Inclined Slipway
|1919
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 10
|{{convert|128|ft|m}}<ref name="Ports_Virginia">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7eVOAQAAMAAJ|title=The Ports of Hampton Roads, Virginia|year=1949|page=229|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-date=June 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624130408/https://books.google.com/books?id=7eVOAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{convert|960|ft|m}}<ref name="Ports_Virginia"/>
|Graving Dock
|1941
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | 11
|{{convert|140|ft|m}}<ref name="Ports_Virginia"/>
|{{convert|1100|ft|m}}<ref name="Ports_Virginia"/>
|Graving Dock
|1941
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Newport News Shipbuilding}}
* {{Official website|http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com}}

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