Editing Newport News Shipbuilding (section)

===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}}