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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
The Newport News Public Schools administration and lawyers for Zwerner didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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
“We’ll work with the school system to try to ferret out how this happened,” Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn said at a news conference.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Shortly after we arrived in Newport News and got settled, Eric helped Jimmie land a job as a painter at the Newport News shipyard.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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