American Shipbuilding Association

Newport News
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
4101 Washington Avenue
Newport News, Virginia 23607
Tel: 757.380.2000
Fax: 757.380.3867
www.nn.northropgrumman.com

Shipyard highlights:
With vast facilities located on more than 550 acres along two miles of waterfront in Newport News, Virginia, the company has the capability to design, build, and maintain every class of ship in the U.S. Navy’s fleet. Newport News also manages the Virginia advanced shipbuilding and carrier integration center, which serves as the nucleus for future navy technology initiatives. Newport News also own Continental Maritime in San Diego, California, which repairs many of the aircraft carriers stationed on the West Coast.

Description:
For more than a century, Newport News has designed, built, overhauled, and repaired a wide variety of ships for the U. S. Navy and its commercial customers. Today, Newport News is the Nation’s sole designer, builder, and refueler of nuclear powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. The company also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels, and is the only shipyard that performs overhaul and refueling work on both Navy submarines and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.