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| Screenshot Early last month, USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) arrived at Newport News Shipbuilding for her Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH). Watch more below [above]! [The foreground is the carrier's deck cluttered up with "moving day" stuff.] |
The top drydock in this image is the one they used.
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USS John C. Stennis came from Naval Station Norfolk so it basically just went across the James River.
Since the coal dock south of here is served by CSX/C&O, that would be the railroad that also serves this facility.
"Newport News Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, employs roughly 26,000 workers, according to a company fact sheet. The company designs, builds and refuels nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines." [apnews] The comment about submarines surprised me. I read just today that Electric Boat was the only company building our subs. And that was my understanding.
The company laid off 314 salaried employees and reduced the level of 120 managers. No one in the United Steelworkers Local 8888 was affected. [apnews]
The Warshipologist posted two photos with the comment: "Enterprise (CV-6) two days before her launch at Newport News, VA on October 1, 1936. The Yorktown, occupying Shipway 8 in the foreground, had been launched seven months previously on April 4, 1936."
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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted USS Forrestal (CVA-59) ) Fitting out at Newport News, Virginia, circa December 1954./NHHC |
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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted (7/15/1995) An oblique port bow view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74) fitting out at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. The deck plating is being installed on the flight deck. Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar George Campbell: That's a picture of it at Pier 2, all the deck plating and structure was installed in Dry Dock 12. This is a picture of them putting the non skid on the flight deck |
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| HuntingtonIngalls-newsroom Aerial view of HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, taken in October 2018. Newport News is one of two U.S. shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines, and is the design agent and hull planning yard for the Los Angeles-class and Seawolf-class attack submarines. Photo by Ashley Cowan/HII |
I wish they offered a higher resolution version of this photo because it shows two aircraft carriers being worked on.
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| HuntingtonIngalls-nns We are teaming with Electric Boat to build the nest generation of SSBN. |
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| Columbia Class "Building on the success of the Virginia-class submarine program, NNS and EB will build 12 Columbia-class submarines between 2021 and 2039 with EB as the prime contractor. NNS will participate in the design and will manufacture major Columbia-class assemblies and modules, including the bow, stern, auxiliary machinery room, superstructure and weapons modules." |
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| HuntingtonIngalls-nns Virginia-class submarine USS John Warner (SSN 785) on sea trials. |
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John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is the second Ford class carrier
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And the Enterprise (CFN 80) will the the third.
John C. Stennis is CVN 74.
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| Slide 5 via May 2021 Slide Show via Photos |
It is a snug fit, and some of the cranes are not very useful because they can't get past the overhang. This is probably one of the reasons they have the big gantry crane.
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And this is why the notch was added at the end of this drydock.
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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) reached another construction milestone on 29 October 2019, as its dry dock area was flooded three months ahead of its slated production schedule, leading up to the christening of the second Ford-class aircraft carrier on 7 December 2019. The flooding of the dry dock followed other milestones, including the laying of the ship's keel on 22 August 2015, the placement of the 588-metric ton island superstructure on 29 May 2019, and the arrival of her crew on 1 October 2019. John F. Kennedy was constructed at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia (USA)U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam Ferrero |
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| 0:55 video @ 0:36 "Newport News shipbuilders are moving forward on the refueling and complex overhaul of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Check out this time-lapse video of a 50-ton lift, which includes bulkhead and deck sections of the aft end of the aircraft carrier’s island. This is part of an effort to accommodate a much larger main mast." |
15 photos of constructing the Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (#SSN798)
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| 2:19 video of quenching a casting for the rudder for aircraft carrier Doris Miller (#CVN81). |
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| The Warshipologist posted Huntington Ingalls Industries celebrated significant progress as the 555-metric ton island was lowered onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, on January 26, 2013. The 60-foot long, 30-foot wide island was the 452nd lift of the nearly 500 total lifts needed to complete the aircraft carrier. Photo and caption: navsource.org Steve Hofer: 555 metric tons really isn’t that heavy. Al Tamkus: the old Brooklyn Navy Yard, "hammer Head" crane could do that in one lift. Frank Groth: Ray Saulnier she departed on her first "official" deployment 20 days ago and will be exercising with NATO. I still see no indication that she is truly combat capable. Yes, carriers are complex machines and nuclear powered are more so. The USN, and Newport News, have built and commissioned 12 of them. They take about five years to construct and 18 to 24 months to bring up to fully operational. GRF took six years to build has taken more than six years to reach "first deployment". The "it's the lead ship with a lot of new tech" rubric is a little thin at this point. It becomes more unappealing when one considers that the ship GRF is replacing, ex USS Enterprise went out of commission 11 years ago. Fold into that the six year fiasco of USS George Washington's midlife refuel and complex overhaul and it puts the teething problems of GRF into an even harsher light. Through the analysis prism of the Navy's recent experience with Littoral Combat Ships and the Zumwalt class destroyer programs, the idea of trying to cram so much technology in seems to be a failed methodology. Randy Sutt: I was there in early 70's when that crane was built for the Nimitz and many ships to follow. It was originally suppose to be used for natural gas tankers. But when people saw they could explode if temperature got too high, they became out-of-vogue. But perfect for air craft carriers. John Volkerding: Blast from the past as the Navy proved they could add to much new unproven technology in one new ship class. It took a long time but the Ford after so many set backs in finally on it first real deployment. Let’s hope when the Kennedy is complete in 2025 it has no issues and goes to sea in a time frame similar to the Nimitz class. |
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| The Warshipologist posted THE FORD ON BLOCKS A Newport News Shipbuilding worker cleans the dry dock floor in front of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) prior to the docks flooding on February 10, 2013. Photo by Chris Oxley, Newport News Shipbuilding
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| U.S. Naval Institute posted #OTD [Dec 8] in 1944, the "Murderers' Row" of Third Fleet aircraft carriers were at anchor in Ulithi Atoll. From front to back: USS Wasp (CV-18), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Hornet (CV-12), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Ticonderoga (CV-14). James Torgeson shared As many group members know, Bethlehem Steel built the most ships during World War II. Amongst those vessels were six fleet carriers, two of which are shown here whilst they rest at the Ulithi Atoll fleet anchorage in 1944. The two are the USS Hancock (CV-19) and the USS Wasp (CV-18), which were built at the Bethlehem Fore River Yard in Quincy, MA. The other three were built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock in Newport News, VA. |
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| The Warshipologist posted Troop transport USS President Polk (AP-103) fitting out at Newport News, VA with USS Hornet (CV-8) to the right. The date given is November 6, 1941, but Hornet was commissioned on October 20, 1941 so I think this date is wrong. Photo: LIFE (George Strock) John O'Neil: at this point she was the passenger liner/cargo ship SS President Polk of the American Presidents Line (APL). She was commandeered by the War Shipping Administration just days before Pearl Harbor to be used as a contracted cargo transport for the Pacific. She made multiple runs to Hawaii, Australia, and Java carrying food, ammo, aircraft, equipment, and personnel. The Navy took her over in September 1943 for the duration of the war. She was returned to APL after the war. She returned to passenger/cargo duty until she was scrapped in 1970. Adam Baum: What are the pillar structures (with ladders) for? On a cargo ship, I'd assume they would be for on/offloading cargo, but you don't use a crane or pulley to load troops. Johnny Kins: Adam Baum she could carry both cargo and passengers |
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| The Warshipologist posted An interesting photograph of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) under construction in Shipway #11 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Docking Company on June 11, 1960. It's quite astounding that America's first nuclear-powered supercarrier had a build time of less than 4 years (Compared with France's first nuke: 12 years!). In today's money, the cost would have been about $4.7bn (Ford = $13bn). In this shot, taken about 17 months before the commission and 28 months after the keel was laid, the ship has been built up to the flight deck level. The distinctive island structure has been placed on the centerline of the ship for assembly and will be moved by crane to its correct position at a later date. The huge sponsons which increase the flight deck width to 257 feet are being assembled as subunits and then welded in place. You can see the huge openings to the hangar bay on the starboard side. Photo from Navsource/Robert M. Cieri |
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