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ALWAYS GOOD SHIPS Building seafaring vessels - and tradition - in Newport News. By Deborah H. Huso A PHOTOS COURTESY OF NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING s you drive down Huntington Avenue in the historic Huntington Heights neighborhood of Newport News, it is impossible not to notice the vast shipyard operations fronting the James River. Newport News Shipbuilding has been a major player in the city for more than 128 years. The shipyard, now a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, employs more than 23,700 people and is the largest industrial employer in Virginia. Many employees are third, fourth, and ﬁfth generation shipbuilders, and 868 of them are Master Shipbuilders, which means they have more than 40 years of experience. The services NNS provides are critical. The yard is the nation's sole designer, builder, and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and one of only two shipyards in the U.S. with nuclear submarine building capabilities. Since the compa- ny's founding, it has designed, built, and repaired From top: over 800 vessels for the U.S. Navy as well as comshipbuilders mercial customers. Thirty of those have been at work on the aircraft ircraft carriers like the USS Enterprise and the carrier Nimitz-class carriers. Gerald R. NNS President Matt Mulherin says the compaFord, and a nuclearny's highly skilled trades workers and engineers are powered its greatest asset. Major projects include refueling submarine and overhaul of nuclear aircraft carriers, building in dry dock new Virginia-class submarines in partnership with Electric Boat, building the U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers, and inactivating the USS Enterprise. "Nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers are complex and impressive. Equally imNewport News Shipbuilding pressive are the American shipbuilders who build them," says Mulherin. NNS 4101 Washington Ave. shipbuilders safely perform these critical Newport News, VA 757.380.2000 tasks with a constant awareness of the nns.huntingtoningalls.com shipyard's mission-"always good ships." usairwaysmag.com AUGUST 2014 153 http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com http://www.usairwaysmag.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of US Airways - August 2014

Table of Contents
Perspective: CEO Letter
Did You Know?
Hot Spots: Best Cultural Sites
Great Escapes: RIU Hotels and Resorts
Style Spotlight: Beach Wear
Golf: Wyndham Championship
Diversions: Stargazing
Connections: Everybody's Business
Gear Up: Stay Cool
Travel Feature: Vancouver
Great Tastes: Bonefish Grill
Special Section: Orange County, California
University Spotlight: Salisbury University
Special Section: Celebrate Opera
To Your Health: Lumiday and Luminite
Special Section: Newport News, Virginia
Best of Health: Miami Foot & Ankle Surgery
Great Dates: Las Vegas Marathon
Special Section: Women's College Coalition
Puzzles
Readers Resource Index
Your US Airways Guide
Audio Entertainment
Video Entertainment
U.S. and Caribbean Service Map
International Service Map
Airport Terminal Maps
oneworld alliance
Passenger Info/Contact US Airways
US Airways MarketPlace®
US Airways Fleet/Customs & Immigration
Window or Aisle?

US Airways - August 2014