Algonquin was an ocean liner built in 1926 for the Clyde-Mallory Line . She was involved in a collision in 1929 and rescued survivors from another in 1935. Repaired after a fire in 1940, she was requisitioned for use as a troopship and later a hospital ship. She served until 1946 when she was laid up, finally being scrapped in 1957.
58-607: Algonquin was built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Newport News, Virginia . She was yard number 317 and was launched on 9 September 1926 and completed in December that year. Algonquin was built for the Clyde Mallory Line and her port of registry was New York. On 18 December 1929, Algonquin was in collision with RMS Fort Victoria in the Ambrose Channel , off New York in thick fog. Fort Victoria
116-636: A shipyard to repair ships servicing this transportation hub. In 1891 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company delivered its first ship, the tugboat Dorothy . By 1897 NNS had built three warships for the US Navy : USS Nashville , Wilmington and Helena . When Collis died in 1900, his nephew Henry E. Huntington inherited much of his uncle's fortune. He also married Collis' widow Arabella Huntington , and assumed Collis' leadership role with Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Under Henry Huntington's leadership, growth continued. In 1906
174-470: A $ 1.3 billion modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of the detail design and construction of amphibious transport dock LPD 32. The ship will be the 16th in the San Antonio class and the third Flight II LPD. The America- class LHA ships are a variant of the extremely successful Wasp -class LHD amphibious assault ships that are presently serving as workhorses in
232-578: A German U-boat off Queenstown on the Irish coast. His assistant, Frederic Gauntlett, was also on board, but was able to swim to safety. Homer Lenoir Ferguson was company vice president when Hopkins died, and assumed the presidency the following August. He saw the company through both world wars, became a noted community leader, and was a co-founder of the Mariners' Museum with Archer Huntington. He served until July 31, 1946, after World War II had ended on both
290-530: A forerunner to IMO Numbers . Algonquin had the US Official Number 226126 and the Code Letters MGJF. In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to KGDL. Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newport News Shipbuilding ( NNS ), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries , is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for
348-400: A second bid to purchase the company after a failed bid in 1999. Such a merger would have eliminated competition for the production of Virginia -class submarines , which have only been made by Newport News and GD subsidiary Electric Boat . Northrop Grumman matched GD with a similar bid, and following a Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit to block GD's bid, GD called off their bid. Now as
406-429: A variety of applications. In August 2023, HII's Mission Technologies division received its largest contract win through the $ 1.4 billion Joint Network Engineering and Emerging Operations (J-NEEO) task order. HII's Mission Technologies also celebrated other several large contract wins: In April 2024, Mission Technologies was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to analyse, research and develop enhanced capabilities for
464-400: Is a four-year vessel renewal program that not only involves refueling of the vessel's nuclear reactors but also includes modernization work. The yard has completed RCOH for five Nimitz -class carriers ( USS Nimitz , USS Dwight D. Eisenhower , USS Carl Vinson , USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Abraham Lincoln ). As of November 2017 this work was underway for
522-459: Is headquartered in McLean with more than 100 facilities across the globe. Andy Green serves as president of HII's Mission Technologies and executive vice president of HII, which he joined in 2011 as corporate vice president of investor relations, where he was responsible for the company’s relationships with Wall Street analysts and shareholders. HII operates facilities in several key locations across
580-521: Is simultaneously building four classes of ships. Kari Wilkinson is executive vice president of HII and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding. Named to this position in April 2021, she is responsible for all programs and operations at Ingalls, including the U.S. Navy’s amphibious assault and surface combatant ship programs. Founded in 1886, HII's Newport News Shipbuilding, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia,
638-624: Is the 20th person and the first woman to serve as president of the Newport News shipyard, which has approximately $ 5.8 billion in annual revenues. Mission Technologies was founded in 2016 as HII’s third division. Mission Technologies develops integrated solutions that enable today’s connected, all-domain force. Capabilities include C5ISR systems and operations; the application of AI and machine learning to battlefield decisions; defensive and offensive cyberspace strategies and EW; unmanned autonomous systems; LVC solutions; fleet modernization; and critical nuclear operations. HII’s Mission Technologies division
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#1733085283356696-483: Is the nation’s sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. The division's legacy of “Always Good Ships,” includes the design, construction, overhaul and repair of more than 800 ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers. Jennifer Boykin is president of Newport News Shipbuilding and executive vice president of HII. Named to this position in 2017, she
754-483: Is the only shipyard to perform refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) work on aircraft carriers. This massive undertaking was described in a 2002 Rand Study as one of the most challenging engineering and industrial tasks undertaken anywhere by any organization. The multi-year project is performed only once during a carrier’s 50-year life and includes refueling of the ship’s two nuclear reactors, as well as significant repair, upgrade and modernization work. HII have completed
812-694: The Fortune 500 , was formed on 31 March 2011, as a divestiture from Northrop Grumman . HII comprises three divisions: Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi, and Mission Technologies. In April 2022, Huntington Ingalls Industries changed its branding name to HII. When it spun off as a new company on 31 March 2011, Huntington Ingalls Industries comprised Northrop Grumman ’s shipbuilding businesses in Newport News, Virginia, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Avondale, Louisiana; Avondale
870-707: The James River and the harbor, portions of the Middle Peninsula region, and even some northeastern counties of North Carolina . The shipyard is building two Gerald R. Ford -class aircraft carriers : USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) , and USS Enterprise (CVN-80) . In 2013, Newport News Shipbuilding began the deactivation of the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65) , which it also built. Newport News Shipbuilding also performs refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) work on Nimitz -class aircraft carriers . This
928-474: The Mallory Steamship Company ; as MV Doulos she was until 2009 the world's oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship . In the early years, leaders of the Newport News community and those of the shipyard were virtually interchangeable. Shipyard president Walter A. Post served from March 9, 1911, to February 12, 1912, when he died. Earlier, he had come to the area as one of the builders of
986-646: The United States and Europe , with one arrival in New York harbor on 2 July. Her return voyage in September was to her new port of registry, New York. Two more return trips to Marseilles and Naples were made and then Algonquin was drydocked in December for conversion to trooping duties again. On completion of the work in January 1946, she was employed to repatriate American troops and Italian war brides from Europe. Algonquin
1044-546: The United States Navy . Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in the city of Newport News , Virginia , its facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km ). The shipyard is a major employer, not only for the lower Virginia Peninsula , but also portions of Hampton Roads south of
1102-587: The Virginia -class, Newport News Shipbuilding designed the Los Angeles -class submarines and constructed 29 of the 62 boats built. USS America (LHA 6) was delivered in April 2014 and commissioned 11 October 2014. It is first in the new class of amphibious assault ships for the U.S. Navy, replacing USS Tarawa (LHA 1). Ingalls’ next ship in the class, Tripoli (LHA 7), was delivered to the Navy on 28 February 2020. The ship
1160-438: The 1950s, when Ingalls started bidding on Navy work. Employing more than 11,000 employees, HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi and a major contributor to the economic growth of Alabama. For 85 years, Ingalls has designed, built and maintained amphibious ships, destroyers, and cutters for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. The largest supplier of U.S. Navy surface combatants, Ingalls
1218-456: The 1970s, NNS launched two of the largest tankers ever built in the western hemisphere and also constructed three liquefied natural gas carriers – at over 390,000 deadweight tons, the largest ever built in the United States. NNS and Westinghouse Electric Company jointly formed Offshore Power Systems to build floating nuclear power plants for Public Service Electric and Gas Company . In
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#17330852833561276-480: The 1980s, NNS produced a variety of Navy products, including Nimitz -class nuclear aircraft carriers and Los Angeles -class nuclear attack submarines. Since 1999 the shipyard has only produced warships for the Navy. In 2007, the US Navy found that workers had used the incorrect metal to fuse together pipes and joints on submarines under construction and this could have eventually led to cracking and leaks. In 2009 it
1334-464: The C&;O Railway's terminals, and had served as the first mayor of Newport News after it became an independent city in 1896. It was on March 14, 1914, that Albert Lloyd Hopkins, a young New Yorker trained in engineering, succeeded Post as president of the company. In May 1915 while traveling to England on shipyard business aboard RMS Lusitania , Hopkins died when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by
1392-472: The European and Pacific fronts. Just northwest of the shipyard, Hilton Village , one of the first planned communities in the country, was built by the federal government to house shipyard workers in 1918. The planners met with the wives of shipyard workers. Based on their input 14 house plans were designed for the projected 500 English-village-style homes. After the war, in 1922, Henry Huntington acquired it from
1450-509: The Navy’s plan to replace the aging Ohio -class. The new submarines will make up one leg of the U.S. strategic nuclear deterrent triad. The 561-foot-long submarines will include a new life-of-ship reactor, an electric drive propulsion system and field 16 Trident II D5 ballistic missiles. Building on the success of the Virginia -class submarine program, NNS is participating in the construction of 12 Columbia -class submarines with Electric Boat as
1508-451: The Navy’s requirements in a post-Cold War era, Virginia -class submarines use advanced technologies to increase firepower, maneuverability and stealth. The submarines are capable of submerged speeds of more than 25 knots and can stay submerged for up to three months at a time. Under an innovative agreement, Newport News Shipbuilding is producing these submarines as part of a teaming agreement with General Dynamics Electric Boat . Prior to
1566-413: The Newport News yard include: 36°59′31″N 76°26′42″W / 36.99208°N 76.44507°W / 36.99208; -76.44507 Huntington Ingalls Industries Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. ( HII ) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States as well as a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. HII, ranked No. 375 on
1624-628: The People's Republic of China announced sanctions on three U.S. military-industrial companies and 10 Americans, including Huntington Ingalls Industries and its president and CEO Christopher D. Kastner, for participating in arms sales to Taiwan. Also among them. In 1938, Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation was founded by Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr. (1882–1951), on the East Bank of the Pascagoula River in Mississippi. It started out building commercial ships until
1682-501: The U. S. Navy fleet. Also known as “Large Deck amphibious ships,” they are the centerpieces of amphibious ready groups and a U.S. Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force. HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding has delivered two America-class amphibious assault ships to the U.S. Navy: America (LHA 6) in April 2014, and Tripoli (LHA 7) in February 2020. HII's Ingalls Shipbulding provides the U.S. Coast Guard with Legend-class National Security Cutters ,
1740-511: The U.S. Navy with a highly flexible and survivable platform to meet the operational needs of the 21st century with increased power and reduced manning. The company is to build ten Gerald R. Ford -class aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy and is scheduled to deliver one carrier every five years starting in 2015. In 2019, the U.S. Navy awarded HII a $ 15.2 billion block contract for the detail design and construction of Enterprise (CVN-80) and Doris Miller (CVN-81). HII's Newport News Shipbuilding
1798-501: The U.S. Navy, with four more under construction. Paul Ignatius (DDG-117), is scheduled for commissioning on 27 July in Fort Lauderdale, Florida . HII builds LPD 17 San Antonio and LHA America classes of amphibious warships. Designed and built for survivability and flexibility, U.S. Navy amphibious warships are unique combat warships that make possible complex joint U.S. military operations to respond swiftly to crisis anywhere in
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1856-505: The US: In 2023, HII received $ 5.4 billion in new contract awards, resulting in a backlog of approximately $ 49 billion. As the nation’s sole designer, builder of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, HII is currently designing and building the next-generation of aircraft carriers – the Gerald R. Ford class , the first new design for an aircraft carrier in decades – that use new technologies to provide
1914-438: The United States, although she was a modest size compared with the biggest European liners of her era. NNS launched California ' s sister ships Virginia in 1928 and Pennsylvania in 1929. NNS followed them by launching two even larger turbo-electric liners for Dollar Steamship Company : the 21,936 GRT SS President Hoover in 1930, followed by her sister President Coolidge in 1931. SS America
1972-409: The company's services capabilities. HII’s Mission Technologies division is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with more than 100 facilities across the globe. HII is named for the founders of its shipbuilding divisions: Collis Potter Huntington , who founded Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , and Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr. , who established Ingalls Shipbuilding . On October 10, 2024,
2030-482: The end in January 1944. Her maiden voyage as a hospital ship was from New Orleans, Louisiana to Gibraltar , then Oran , Algeria and Bizerte , Tunisia ending in Naples , Italy . On her return to Charleston, she was sent to Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Company , Jacksonville, Florida for repairs, spending most of April there. In May 1944, Algonquin made another voyage to Gibraltar and Bizerte, returning at
2088-658: The end of the month. The following month, the trip was repeated, with an additional call at Naples. In July and August, Algonquin was operating between Bizerte and Naples. On 15 August, she was one of twelve hospital ships supporting Operation Dragoon , the Allied invasion of southern France . In mid-September Algonquin returned to Charleston, then departed for Oran on 22 September. She then spent some time operating between Livorno , Italy , Marseilles , France, Naples and Oran, returning to Charleston on 22 February 1945. Between May and September, Algonquin made four return trips between
2146-483: The flagships of the Coast Guard's cutter fleet. They are designed to replace the 378-foot Hamilton -class high-endurance cutters , which entered service during the 1960s. The National Security Cutter is the first new design for the service in 20 years. The current Program of Record is for 11 ships, of which the first nine have been successfully delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard . Ingalls' ninth NSC, Stone (WMSL 758),
2204-400: The government, and helped facilitate the sale of the homes to shipyard employees and other local residents. Three streets there were named after Post, Hopkins, and Ferguson. The Lusitania incident was among the events that brought the United States into World War I. Between 1918 and 1920 NNS delivered 25 destroyers , and after the war it began building aircraft carriers . USS Ranger
2262-451: The inactivation of Enterprise (CVN 65), which began in 2013. The NNS-built Enterprise was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the only ship of its class. HII's Newport News Shipbuilding is a major shipbuilding partner in the Columbia -class program, constructing and delivering six module sections per submarine under contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat to support
2320-408: The post-war years NNS built the passenger liner SS United States , which set a transatlantic speed record that still stands today. In 1954 NNS, Westinghouse and the US Navy developed and built a prototype nuclear reactor for a carrier propulsion system. NNS designed USS Enterprise in 1960. In 1959 NNS launched its first nuclear-powered submarine , USS Robert E. Lee . In
2378-821: The previously isolated coalfields, adjacent to the New River and the Kanawha River in West Virginia . In 1881, the Peninsula Extension of the C&O was built from Richmond down the Virginia Peninsula to reach a new coal pier on Hampton Roads in Warwick County near the small unincorporated community of Newport News Point . However, building the railroad and coal pier was only the first part of Huntington's dreams for Newport News. In 1886, Huntington built
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2436-447: The prime contractor. Newport News Shipbuilding is manufacturing major Columbia -class assemblies and modules, including the bow, stern, auxiliary machinery room, superstructure and weapons modules. HII's Newport News Shipbuilding is one of only two U.S. shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. Currently, NNS is building the most advanced attack submarines in the world—the Virginia class. Designed to meet
2494-569: The refueling and complex overhaul of the first six ships of the Nimitz-class, USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and USS George Washington (CVN 73). As of 2024, HII is performing this work on the seventh ship in the class, USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Newport News Shipbuilding also offers inactivation services for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. In 2018, NNS successfully completed
2552-634: The revolutionary HMS Dreadnought launched a great naval race worldwide. Between 1907 and 1923, Newport News built six of the US Navy 's total of 22 dreadnoughts – USS Delaware , Texas , Pennsylvania , Mississippi , Maryland and West Virginia . All but the first were in active service in World War II . In 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt sent the Great White Fleet on its round-the-world voyage. NNS had built seven of its 16 battleships . In 1914 NNS built SS Medina for
2610-516: The sixth Nimitz -class vessel, USS George Washington . Industrialist Collis P. Huntington (1821–1900) provided crucial funding to complete the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (C&O) from Richmond, Virginia , to the Ohio River in the early 1870s. Although originally built for general commerce, this C&O rail link to the midwest was soon also being used to transport bituminous coal from
2668-492: The sole bidder, Northrop Grumman purchased the company for $ 2.6 billion and renamed it "Northrop Grumman Newport News". This division was merged with Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in 2008 and given the name " Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding ". Three years later, the company was spun off as Huntington Ingalls Industries , Inc., which trades under the symbol HII on the New York Stock Exchange . Other ships built at
2726-579: The war. It founded the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company , an emergency yard on the banks of the Cape Fear River and launched its first Liberty ship before the end of 1941, building 243 ships in all, including 186 Libertys. For its contributions during the war, the Navy awarded the company its "E" pennant for excellence in shipbuilding. NNS ranked 23rd among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. In
2784-466: The world, from deterrence and major combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding is building the entire San Antonio class of ships, the newest addition to the Navy's 21st century amphibious assault force. LPDs 17 to 28 have been delivered to the U.S. Navy. The latest, USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), was delivered in March 2022. In March 2023, Ingalls received
2842-565: Was christened on 16 September 2017. On 16 June 2017, Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded $ 3.1 billion contract to build Bougainville (LHA 8). Construction started on LHA 8 on 15 October 2018, and the ship's keel was laid on 13 March 2019. On 27 September 2018, Ingalls Shipbuilding won a $ 5.1 billion multi-year contract to build an additional six DDG-51s. These destroyers are equipped with the Navy's Aegis Combat System. The first Flight III ship, Jack. H. Lucas (DDG-125), started fabrication on 7 May 2018. Ingalls has built and delivered 31 ships to
2900-513: Was closed in 2014. Since its creation, HII has built and expanded its professional and government services through the acquisitions of UniversalPegasus International , the S.M. Stoller Corporation, Camber Corporation , Novonics, the Columbia Group's Engineering Solutions division, G2 Inc., Alion Science and Technology, and Fulcrum IT Services. In 2016, HII established a third division, Technical Solutions (now Mission Technologies), comprising
2958-690: Was delivered in 1934, and NNS went on to build Yorktown and Enterprise . After World War I NNS completed a major reconditioning and refurbishment of the ocean liner SS Leviathan . Before the war she had been the German liner Vaterland , but the start of hostilities found her laid up in New York Harbor and she had been seized by the US Government in 1917 and converted into a troopship . War duty and age meant that all wiring, plumbing, and interior layouts were stripped and redesigned while her hull
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#17330852833563016-748: Was delivered in November 2020. In December 2018, Ingalls received two contracts from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a 10th and 11th NSC. The contracts are valued at $ 468.75 million and $ 462.13 million, respectively. HII creates advanced unmanned solutions for defense, marine research and commercial applications. Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations and sustainment of unmanned systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs). The company's REMUS UUVs - world-leading, untethered, autonomous marine robots - carry advanced sensors and payloads to collect valuable data for
3074-460: Was found that bolts and fasteners in weapons-handling systems on four Navy submarines, New Mexico , North Carolina , Missouri , and California , were installed incorrectly, delaying the launching of the boats while the problems were corrected. In 1968, Newport News merged with Tenneco Corporation . In 1996, Tenneco initiated a spinoff of Newport News into an independent company (Newport News Shipbuilding). In 2001, General Dynamics made
3132-662: Was hit on the port side by the bows of Algonquin , which was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas to New York. Both ships issued distress calls and all on board Fort Victoria were rescued before that ship sank. On 24 January 1935, the SS Mohawk was involved in a collision with the SS Talisman after her automatic steering gear failed. Mohawk sank within an hour. Algonquin and SS Limon rescued 107 survivors between them but 46 people were killed. In July 1940, Algonquin caught fire and sank while docked at New York. The ship
3190-452: Was launched in 1939 and entered service with United States lines shortly before World War II but soon returned to the shipyard for conversion to a troopship, USS West Point . By 1940 the Navy had ordered a battleship, seven more aircraft carriers and four cruisers . During World War II , NNS built ships as part of the U.S. government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program , and swiftly filled requests for " Liberty ships " that were needed during
3248-636: Was salvaged and repaired, then transferred to the Puerto Rico Line on return to service in 1941. In January 1942, she was requisitioned and put into service as a troopship . Her port of registry was changed to Charleston, South Carolina . In July 1943, Algonquin was requisitioned by the United States Army Transport Service . She was refitted by the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company , Mobile, Alabama and entered service at
3306-413: Was strengthened and her boilers converted from coal to oil while being refurbished. Virtually a new ship emerged from NNS in 1923, and SS Leviathan became the flagship of United States Lines . In 1927 NNS launched the world's first significant turbo-electric ocean liner: Panama Pacific Line 's 17,833 GRT SS California . At the time she was also the largest merchant ship yet built in
3364-566: Was withdrawn from service in June 1946 and laid up in the James River . She was scrapped in 1957 at Baltimore, Ohio , arriving on 10 January. Algonquin was a 5,946 GRT ocean liner. She was 317 feet 5 inches (96.75 m) long, with a beam of 55 feet (16.76 m) and a draught of 20 feet (6.10 m). She was propelled by two steam turbines which drove a single propeller through single reduction gearing. The twin turbines could propel her at 15 knots (28 km/h). Official Numbers were
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