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Newport News

American  
[noo-pawrt, -pohrt, -pert, nyoo-] / ˈnuˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt, -pərt, ˈnju- /

noun

  1. a seaport in SE Virginia: shipbuilding and ship-repair center.


Newport News British  

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) a port in SE Virginia, at the mouth of the James River: an industrial centre, with one of the world's largest shipyards. Pop: 181 647 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The entire deal could be valued at around $100 billion for General Dynamics’s Electric Boat and HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding, which together lead the construction of all of the Navy’s submarines.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

Hegseth kicked off his tour Monday with a visit to a Newport News, Va., shipyard.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2026

The retired admiral and the naval analyst told me the shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, is the only one capable of building a boat this big.

From Slate Dec. 23, 2025

Connecticut hosts General Dynamics’ Electric Boat plant, which makes submarines that carry ballistic missiles, while Virginia is home to HII Corporation’s Newport News Shipbuilding facility, which makes both aircraft carriers and attack submarines.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2025

On top of that, the city offered to pay three hundred dollars per child for Connie and Kathy to continue to attend the Colored high school in Newport News.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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