Newport News Shipbuilding - Ships Built

Ships Built

Ships built at the Newport News yard include:

  • Tugboat Dorothy, the shipyard's first vessel, delivered in 1891, on display in yard
  • SS Georgia a crude oil tanker, launched in 1908
  • USS Virginia (BB-13), lead battleship of its class, launched in 1904
  • USS Texas (BB-35), battleship of the New York-class, launched in 1912, the only surviving dreadnought battleship.
  • Ocean liner SS Medina for the Mallory Steamship Company in 1914, currently MV Doulos, in service until 2009
  • Wickes class destroyers (Lamberton; Radford; Montgomery; Breese; Gamble; Ramsay) for the Navy in 1918
  • USS West Virginia, Colorado class battleship, launched in 1921
  • USS Ranger (CV-4), the first purpose-built aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, launched in 1933
  • Yorktown class aircraft carriers:
    • USS Yorktown (CV-5), launched in 1936
    • USS Enterprise (CV-6), launched in 1936
    • USS Hornet (CV-8), launched in 1940
  • Essex class aircraft carriers:
    • USS Essex (CV-9), launched in 1942
    • USS Yorktown (CV-10), launched in 1943
    • USS Intrepid (CV-11), launched in 1943
    • USS Hornet (CV-12), launched in 1943
    • USS Franklin (CV-13), launched in 1943
    • USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), launched in 1944
    • USS Randolph (CV-15), launched in 1944
    • USS Boxer (CV-21), launched in 1944
    • USS Leyte (CV-32), launched in 1945
  • Liberty ship transports for the Allies during World War II
  • Midway class aircraft carriers:
    • USS Midway (CV-41), launched in 1945
    • USS Coral Sea (CV-43), launched in 1946
  • Ocean liner SS United States, holder of a transatlantic speed record
  • Ocean liner SS America, launched in 1939
  • Forrestal class aircraft carriers:
    • USS Forrestal (CVA-59), launched in 1954
    • USS Ranger (CVA-61), launched in 1956
  • Submarine USS Shark (SSN-591) in 1959, the yard's first nuclear-powered submarine
  • Ballistic missile submarine USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), launched in 1959
  • USS Enterprise (CVN-65), launched in 1960, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
  • USS America (CV-66), launched in 1964
  • USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), launched in 1967
  • All ten Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers:
    • USS Nimitz (CVN-68), launched in 1972
    • USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), launched in 1975
    • USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), launched in 1980
    • USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), launched in 1984
    • USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), launched in 1988
    • USS George Washington (CVN-73), launched in 1990
    • USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), launched in 1993
    • USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), launched in 1996
    • USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), launched in 2001
    • USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), launched in 2006
  • Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers:
    • USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) NOTE: Under Construction
    • USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) NOTE: Under Construction
  • Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarines
  • Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines
  • Virginia-class nuclear-powered cruisers
    • USS Virginia (CGN-38), launched in 1974
    • USS Texas (CGN-39), launched in 1975
    • USS Mississippi (CGN-40), launched in 1976
    • USS Arkansas (CGN-41), launched in 1978
  • USTS Empire State VI Bronx, New York.

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