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From armored ships to armored trucks
¿A former shipyard executive was named president, CEO and chairman of the board of The Brinks Company, global leader in transportation of money and service of ATM machines. Thomas C. Schievelbein was president of Northrop Grumman Newport News from 2001...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Newport News Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Engineering, Corporate Officers
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With new buyer, Sparrows Point faces a possible end to decades of steelmaking
Steel from Sparrows Point built the Golden Gate Bridge, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, hundreds of ships for World War II and livelihoods for tens of thousands of Baltimore-area families.
The story of the massive steel mill follows the arc of American...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Politics, Judges, Patapsco, L (movie)
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Avondale Shipyard christens USS Somerset Saturday
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Avondale Shipyard on Saturday will christen USS Somerset, an amphibious landing platform dock named for the Pennsylvania county where the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. The ship, the ninth...Tags: United Air Lines, U.S. Navy, Manufacturing and Engineering, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Titanic shipbuilding classes set at Discovery Station
Discovery Station will host Titanic shipbuilding classes Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon with Norm Little, master Titanic shipbuilder, teaching the classes. All materials will be furnished to build a 17-inch Titanic model. Classes are...Tags: Steaks, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs
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Is General Dynamics on a shipyard buying spree?
General Dynamics announced last week it is expanding through the purchase of Portsmouth-based Earl Industries' ship repair and painting facilities in Hampton Roads and Florida. The company runs several of the country's largest shipyards and is a rival of...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Companies and Corporations, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia), Economy, Business and Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Liner United States set record for trans-Atlantic voyage
Sixty years ago this week, the world's attention was riveted on one man's dream as the liner United States, designed by William Francis Gibbs, steamed eastward across the Atlantic on its maiden voyage.
Known as "The Big U," the liner sailed from New...Tags: Travel, World War II (1939-1945), Arts and Culture, The New York Times, Science and Technology
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Rebirth of a schooner: The troubled Virginia set to take center stage at OpSail 2012
There was a time when it looked as if the schooner Virginia was cursed. Severe money problems, a muddled mission, political bickering and cracked masts — all of that and more plagued the wooden sailing vessel, a reproduction of a 1917 pilot...
Tags: Carrollton, Arts and Culture, Sailing, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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From Newport News to Midway: The Yorktown's final battle
When the USS Yorktown returned to Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Coral Sea on May 27, 1942, the Newport News-built aircraft carrier needed by some estimates at least three months' worth of repairs.
Craig Symonds, a Naval Academy historian writes in his...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Navy, Bodies of Water, Japan, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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From Newport News to Midway: USS Yorktown a shot in the arm for the shipyard
The USS Yorktown, which was sunk at Midway 70 years ago Tuesday, was more than a notable casualty in a decisive World War II battle.
The Yorktown, along with its sister ship the Enterprise, were part of a new naval warfare strategy based not on...Tags: Treaties, World War II (1939-1945), Politics, Japan, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Battle of Midway: A reversal of fortune
If you wanted to pitch a novel about World War II battle, the following story line might be considered too dramatic. Six months after the Navy suffers its most catastrophic loss in history, it defies expectations and turns to fight. A Navy captain...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Hampton Roads, Yorktown (York, Virginia), Japan
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Building the Yorktown
Several residents wrote or called me in the last week to add bits and pieces of information about the gallant Yorktown, a Newport News-built ship that saw some of the fiercest combat in the Pacific War and which was sunk at the Battle of Midway. Here's...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's 'Anything Goes' is a pleasure cruise
Setting a new high with Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," director Jerry Vess marks his seventh Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre directorial assignment by adding sparkle to the opening of the outdoor theater's 47th season under the stars. Not only has Vess...
Tags: Nicole Anderson, Arts and Culture, Annapolis, Cole Porter, Entertainment Events
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