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This former president's late wife christened three ships for Newport News Shipbuilding. Two of the three ships had the same exact names - USS Yorktown and SS America.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
100
This ship's reconversion was the first for a bright, budding naval architect named William Francis Gibbs. The ship was formerly the German liner, VATERLAND.
What was the LEVIATHAN?
100
On August 7, 1958, this was the largest tanker yet to be built in the United States, let alone at Newport News Shipbuilding!
What was the SS SANSINENA
100
In 1981, this former First Lady christened the USS TICONDENGA for Newport News SHipbuilding while wearing her signature color of red.
Who is Nancy Reagan?
100
This part of the Newport News Shipyard has helped to educate thousands of men and women for years and it benefits the shipyard for whom they work.
What is the Apprentice School?
200
This Newport News carrier was launced in 1967 and bore the name of a fallen United States president.
What was the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY?
200
This Newport News ship was completed in 1930 and was owned by the Ward Line. She caught fire and burned of Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1934.
What was the MORRO CASTLE?
200
This company was orginially incorporated in 1886 and would become what is now known as Northrop Grumman-Newport News Shipbuilding.
What is the Chesapeake Drydock Company?
200
The SANTA ROSA class ships were built by the Federal Shipbuilding Company but had a Newport News connection to the SS AMERICA and the SS UNITED STATES because of their mutual designer.
Who was William Francis Gibbs?
200
This man coined the creed by which Newport News Shipbuilding is known today, "We shall build good ships here! At a profit - if we can. At a loss - if we must, But always, good ships!
Who was Collis Potter Huntington?
300
This red, white and blue beauty was christened by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt the day before Hitler invaded Poland.
What was the SS AMERICA?
300
In 1914, Albert L. Hopkins, President of Newport News Shipbuilding, died while traveling to England on shipyard business aboard this ill-fated luxury liner.
What was the SS LUSITANIA?
300
It was the first ship to be delivered at Newport News Shipbuilding in 1891; however, it did NOT have the tin man with her.
What is the DOROTHY?
300
In 1907, this former US president sent the Great White Fleet on its "Round-the-World" voyage. Seven of these sixteen battleships were built by Newport News Shipbuilding.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
300
The new USS ENTERPRISE was built with a new carrier propulsion system designed by Newport News Shipbuilding, Westinghouse and the Navy. This new system would change carriers' fuel source henceforth.
What is a nuclear reactor?
400
This class of nuclear powered aircraft carriers were products of both the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding. They were launched in the 1980s.
What are the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers?
400
This Newport News ship smashed all speed records for transatlantic crossings some of which still stand today. She was designed by a man who was once a lawyer.
What is the SS UNITED STATES?
400
This ship was the first nuclear powered submarine launched by Newport News Shipbuilding in 1959. You might even say it had, "Jaws."
What is the SHARK?
400
This was one of the first ballistic missle submarines built by Newport News Shipbuilding. It was named after a Civil War General.
What was the ROBERT E. LEE?
400
There were six deadnoughts built by Newport News Shipbuilding between 1907 and 1923. All but one of these ships saw active service during World War II. Name any three of the six ships.
What are the DELAWARE, TEXAS, PENNSYLVANIA, MISSISSIPPI, MARYLAND and WEST VIRGINIA.
500
The sinking of the SS LUSITANIA was a major event that brought the US into World War I. Between 1918 and 1920, Newport News delivered many ships including the first aircraft carrier. Name that first carrier which was launched in 1934.
What is the USS RANGER?
500
One of Newport News' ships was built in 1914 for the Mallory Steamship Company. Today, that ship is the world's oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship.
What is MV DOULOS?
500
In what year did Newport News Shipbuilding merge with the Tenneco Corporation?
What is 1968?
500
This beloved dog was owned by a captain who served in two of the United States Lines' ships. The dog's name meant "small drink" in Hindu.
Who was Chota Peg?
500
In 2009, bolts and fasteners in weapons handling systems on four Navy Subs were discovered. Name all four of those ships that were found to have mechanical problems.
What are the NEW MEXICO, NORTH CAROLINA, MISSOURI, and CALIFORNIA?