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Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.

Newport News, Va, United States of America

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Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886. Acquired by Northrup Grumman in 2001 and in 2008 merged with Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (formed of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Avondale Shipyards). In 2011 Northrop Grumman Ship Systems was demerged as Huntington Ingalls Industries and reorganized, with Newport News and Ingalls taking back their old names and Avondale closing.