ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, March 22, 1996 TAG: 9603220057
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B8 EDITION: METRO
-1886, founded by railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington as Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co.
-1889, first dry dock opened.
-1890, name changed to Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
-1891, delivery of its first vessel, the tugboat Dorothy.
-1897, delivery of its first Navy warships, the gunboats Nashville, Wilmington and Helena.
-1904, delivery of its first six submarines.
-1914, delivery of the battleship Texas, which served in World War I and World War II.
-1934, delivery of the Ranger, the first ship designed from the keel up as an aircraft carrier.
-1940, sale of the shipyard to a group of 17 investment firms.
-1943, World War II employment peaked at 31,000.
-1952, delivery of the passenger liner SS United States.
-1955, delivery of the Forrestal, the first jet-age supercarrier.
-1961, delivery of the Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered carrier.
-1968, Tenneco Inc. acquires the shipyard.
-1976, delivery of the first Los Angeles-class attack submarine.
-1995, christening of the Cheyenne, the last Los Angeles-class submarine, to be delivered later this year.
-1996, announcement that Tenneco will spin off shipyard as a separate company.
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