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The first piece of steel, a 15-ton plate for a side shell unit of CVN 78, the first aircraft carrier of the CVN 21 program, cut at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. The ceremony held at the shipyards new heavy-plate bay facility, one of several new facilities built for the CVN 21 program. Innovations for the CVN 21 program include an enhanced flight deck capable of increased sortie rates, improved weapons movement, a redesigned island, a new nuclear power plant, reduced manning and allowed for future technologies

The participants for the cutting of the first piece of steel for CVN 78, the first aircraft carrier of the CVN 21 program, pose during a ceremony at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. From left to right: US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RDML) (lower half) H. Denby Starling II, Commander Naval Air Force, US Atlantic Fleet; USN RDML (lower half) David Architzel, Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers; Joe S. Frank, Mayor of Newport News; Mike Petters, President, Northrop Grumman Newport News; Representative Jo Ann Davis (R-VA, 1ST District); Representative Robert C. Scott (D-VA, 3rd District); USN Captain (CAPT) Michael E. McMahon, Commanding Officer, Supervisor of Shipbuilding,...

U.S. Navy (retired) Rear Adm. Paul W. Parcells (standing at the lectern), first Commanding Officer, Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), leads current ROOSEVELT crewmembers and their guests in giving three cheers during the ceremony honoring the 20th Anniversary of the commissioning of the ROOSEVELT, while it is currently in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Va., on Oct 25, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications SPECIALIST 2nd Class Joshua Kelsey) (Released)

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Three U.S. Navy Sailors man the rails onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) during a pass in review by RONALD REAGAN Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF) ships on March 18, 2007, while conducting a surge deployment in the Western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Joshua Scott) (Released)

US Navy (USN) Sailors onboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) man the rails as the ship prepares to moor at pier 14 onboard Naval Station (NS) Norfolk. The CARL VINSON is completing a deployment to the Persian Gulf and a homeport shift from NS Bremerton, at Naval Base Kitsap, Washington (WA) to Norfolk, Virginia (VA), where she is scheduled to undergo a 36-month Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at the Northrop Grumman Newport News Ship Yard

A US Navy (USN) Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) rests on a launch rail aft of the mission bay onboard the USN Littoral (near-shore waters) Surface Craft-Experimental (LSC-X), which is moored to the dock at the Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Shipyard, Freeland, Whidbey Island, Washington (WA), ready for its christening ceremony when it will officially become the USN Fast Ship Frame Class, USS SEA FIGHTER (FSF 1). The SEA FIGHTER will help to evaluate the hydrodynamic performance, structural behavior, mission flexibility, and the propulsion systems of high-speed catamaran style vessels

U.S. Navy Employees of Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard install new propellers on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) in dry dock in Newport News, Va., on Jan. 5, 2007. The shaft and propeller project is a major milestone in the aircraft carrier's refueling complex overhaul, and is one of the final major components of outside-the-hull work. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Recruit Matthew Dewitt) (Released)

US Navy (USN) Vice Admiral (VADM) Barry M. Costello, Commander 3rd Fleet, addresses the crew and guests during the commissioning ceremony of the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer USS HALSEY (DDG 97). The ceremony marked the formal entrance of the guided missile destroyer into the fleet. The ship named after US Naval Academy graduate Fleet Admiral (ADM) William "Bull" Halsey Jr., who commanded South Pacific Force and South Pacific Area during World War II (WWII)

US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RDML) (lower half) David Architzel, Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force and Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers, signs the first steel plate cut for CVN 78, the first ship of the CVN 21 program, during the ceremony at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. The ceremony held at the shipyards new heavy-plate bay facility, one of several new facilities built for the CVN 21 program

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