An aerial view of a section of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation Shipyard. This private shipyard has built over 800 ships since 1886; many of them warships that found a place in history. In the center is the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) undergoing an overhaul in dry dock 11. In the background is the MSC vehicle transport ship USN GILLILAND (T-AKR-298) under conversion at fitting out berth one
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: James River
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar (USN Ret.)
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
24/04/1996
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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