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USS Canandaigua (ID-1694)
The second USS ''Canandaigua'' was the Southern Pacific freighter ''El Siglo'' temporarily converted for planting the World War I North Sea Mine Barrage. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company launched ''El Siglo'' at Newport News, Virginia in May 1901 for service between New York City and Gulf of Mexico seaports of New Orleans and Galveston, Texas. The United States Shipping Board took control of the ship from Southern Pacific Steamship Company in 1917. Conversion She was fitted out for United States Navy service by Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company at Brooklyn, New York. Work began on 20 November 1917. Gun platforms were added for two 3"/23 caliber gun, anti-aircraft guns forward and a 5"/51 caliber gun aft. The minelayer, minelaying conversion enabled her to carry naval mines, mines on three decks, and included six Otis Elevator Company, Otis elevators individually capable of transferring two mines every 20 seconds from the storage decks to the launching deck. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock Company
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of United States Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy submarines. 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, its facilities span more than , strategically positioned in one of the great harbors of the East Coast. The shipyard is a major employer, not only for the lower Virginia Peninsula, but also portions of Hampton Roads south of the James River and the harbor, portions of the Middle Peninsula region, and even some northeastern counties of North Carolina. The shipyard is building the s and . In 2013, Newport News Shipbuilding began the deactivation of the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, , which it also built. Newport New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
