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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted 5/1/1985) The battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) undergoes refitting in dry dock No. 4 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. USN Image Ph1 Hilton Michael Liles: USS.Iowa BB-61, President Roosevelt's StateRoom, custom Bath. |
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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted (5/11/1985) An aerial view of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) in dry dock No. 4 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard USN Image/ PH1 Darrell Erickson Lance Reidsma: I love photos like this----but I'm very curious about what might be under the roof covered structure------ Darryl Coleman: Lance Reidsma Submarine |
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| Battle Stations Naval Warfare posted Aerial view of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on the Elizabeth River, 25 March 1995. Ships in the yard, (L to R), the decommissioned submarine tender Orion (AS 18), a destroyer under overhaul, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), decommissioned submarine tender Hunley (AS 31), the stripped-down hull of the decommissioned nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Virginia (CGN 38) and a medium auxiliary repair dock inside the large graving dock at lower right. Photo by Robert J. Sitar. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) |
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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted (5/1/1985) An aerial view of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) in Dry Dock No. 4 Norfolk,VA USN Image PH2 Ken Bates Attack helicopters posted An aerial view of battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in Dry Dock No. 4 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 1 May 1985. |
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| Greg Koch commented on a post We make those big cranes in Manitowoc wi |
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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) (GHWB) sits in a dry dock in Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY). GHWB is at NNSY undergoing a Docking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA). (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Steven Edgar) Rajarajan Sathiavakeesan: Last kind of NIMITZ class carriers. Tom Browder: They only dry dock in the east coast that can handle a carrier. The United States needs another one. Just like there's only one dry dock that can handle a boomer on the East Coast. Mike Maatta: Tom Browder Newport News shipyard has one, we built the Garold Ford in it. Tom Browder: These are private yards. It's normal for the Navy and the Pentagon to give such work to private yards to keep them alive. When ..they start production on building they will not stop anything just to serve repairs |
Later, when I was getting ready to publish, I noticed that both of the large graving docks were empty.
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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted Portsmouth, Va. (Feb. 13, 2004) – The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) transits the Elizabeth River following completion of a six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Truman completed her yard period a week ahead of schedule and 4 million dollars under budget...:United States Navy, Chief Photographer's Mate Greg McCreash |
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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted (August 1943) USS Intrepid CV-11 just before its commissioning in 1943.At Norfolk Naval Shipyard National Archives Image) NavalHistoria posted USS Intrepid (CV-11) just before its commissioning in 1943 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Eric Boynton: That crane is still there. Mind you it hasn't been used in over 20 years.... [I looked for it on a satellite map, but I could not find it.] Nick Spileos: Now it's docked on long Island as a museum, very nice attraction. |
Lucibello Heavy Equipment photography posted five photos with the comment:
Norfolk 392-ton hammerhead crane, this crane is situated at the northern end of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard down in Virigina and is for all intents and purposes a 392-ton tower crane! Where most cranes adjust their boom angle to change radius this crane instead utilizes a trolly system to move the hanging falls in and out. This crane is equipped with two main blocks and one auxiliary block all on their own individual trolleys. To pick the maximum capacity of 392 tons, at a maximum 115 feet radius, the two main blocks would be linked together with a spreader bar. The auxiliary block is rated for 56 tons, and it can pick this at the cranes maximum radius of 190 feet. Theres also an overhead crane inside the machine house for maintenance. Also, I’m sure as many of you have noticed there’s another smaller, 16.8-ton, crane on top of the boom. This small support crane mounted is on rails which allow it to travel the whole length of the crane, and its primary purpose was to service the hammerhead during maintenance and repairs. Most modern tower cranes you have to climb ladders to the cab, not this one! This crane is equipped with an elevator to take the operator from the ground up to the top! From what I can gather this crane weighs in at around 5 million pounds. Now that we’ve gotten some specifications out of the way here’s some history on this beast! In 1938, as the world geared up for war, the US Navy saw a need for a large crane to assemble new ever larger ships at their various shipyards across the country. The primary purpose of this new crane would be to install the heaviest single part of any warship, the turret. As for who built this crane, the mechanical portions were built/designed by Heyl & Patterson of Pittsburgh PA and the structure was built/designed by the American Bridge company. Erection began on December 19th, 1938, and concluded on July 23rd, 1940. A nearly identical crane would also be constructed at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, which has since been closed and the crane was scrapped in 1965. The Norfolk crane saw use from 1940 all the up to 2001 when it was finally retired. Currently the future of this crane is unclear but there are no plans at the moment to scrap it.
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| Roberto Brogi Benincasa commented on the above post Now "Intrepid" is in New York at the "Sea, air & space museum" I have visited it on 2019. |
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| Attack helicopters posted USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) bow view at Norfolk Navy Yard in 1955 |
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| Battle Stations Naval Warfare posted PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) (GHWB) sits in a dry dock in Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY). GHWB is at NNSY undergoing a Docking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA). (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Steven Edgar) |
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| Battle Stations Naval Warfare posted 2/21/2019) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Feb. 21, for a 28-month dry-docking planned incremental availability (DPIA). USN Image/Photo by William S Hensle |
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| 2:47 video @ 1:16 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Undocks USS Toledo (SSN 769) May 15, 2024 Norfolk Naval Shipyard undocked USS Toledo (SSN 769) May 15! The Los Angeles-class submarine is finishing an Engineered Overhaul with the boat reaching more than 95 percent complete on production work. Now pierside, the Toledo project and crew shift to end game jobs including moving the crew aboard, mast and periscope installation, and engine room testing. Check out this timelapse of Toledo undocking from Dry Dock 2! #NNSY #PressForwardTeam Filmed and Edited by Dan Rusnak, Videographer, Corporate Instructional Design Center (Code 1571) |
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