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==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: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 Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 January 2019 (190130-N-PW716-1312).JPG|[[USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)|''Abraham Lincoln'']] </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>
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