Newport News Delivers Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tenneco's Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., recently delivered to the United States Navy one of the world's largest warships, the nuclearpowered aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN69).
With the Eisenhower, Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered 10 of the last 14 nuclear-powered ships received by the Navy since 1974.
The Eisenhower is the second Nimitz-class carrier and the Navy's third nuclear-powered aircraft carrier — all built by Newport News Shipbuilding. The Navy now has 10 nuclear-powered surface warships, seven built at the world's largest shipyard.
The Eisenhower is 1,092 feet long, with a flight deck width of more than 250 feet, a combat load displacement of nearly 95,000 tons, and can operate and provide sustained support for a Naval air wing of about 100 aircraft. The crew (including the air group) will number nearly 6,300 people.
Its initial nuclear cores will provide enough fuel to carry out operations for the next 13 years, thus making it truly independent of propulsion fuel logistic support.
These cores contain energy equivalent to more than two million tons of coal or 11 million barrels of oil.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower, to be commanded by Capt. W.E.
Ramsey, was launched October 11, 1975, and its keel was laid August 15, 1970.
The shipyard now has under contract or construction 17 ships, including three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and three ultra large crude oil carriers (ULCCs). Thus far this year, Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered three ships, launched three, and laid the keels for three others.
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- Ocean Orders Three Cargo Liners From British Shipyard page: 4
- $11-Million Award To Raymond Int'l For Dock Work In Nigeria page: 4
- Shipyards Will Bid On Matzer-Designed Ro/Ro Containership page: 6
- James A. Farrell Jr. Receives Admiral Of The Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award page: 6
- Bethlehem Beaumont To Build Teledyne Drilling Platform page: 6
- Newport News Lays Keel For First ULCC In $418-Million Contract page: 6
- Chesapeake Corporation Names Elmer Curfman Marine Superintendent page: 7
- LNG Shipping— What Prospects Now? page: 8
- Newport News Delivers Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower page: 10
- American Bureau Of Shipping Elects Johnston President page: 10
- DeLong Corporation Appoints Ogden Chief Engineer page: 10
- Dockside To Represent Burmeister & Wain In Southern California page: 11
- Sun Company Names Maling Vice President page: 11
- Atlantic Sandblasting Receives Fourteen-Ship Mexican Contract page: 12
- Bethlehem Steel Names Thomas Robinson To Central Technical Post page: 14
- Paul Atkinson Retires, Peter Hepp Elected Sun Ship President page: 14
- Todd To Build Santa Fe Pipelaying Vessel page: 15
- OCEANS '77 Conference Set For October 17-18-19 page: 16
- Hitachi Delivers 508,731-DWT Esso Atlantic —Largest Ship Ever Built In Japan page: 18
- Alco Power Southwest Headquarters In New And Larger Houston Location page: 18
- Zapata Names Four Senior Executives To New Posts page: 18
- Booklet Describes Vinyl Coatings For Corrosion Control page: 18
- Crowley Subsidiary Awarded $39-Million Cool Barge Contract page: 20
- ABS President Foresees Trend Toward Nuclear Merchant Ships By 1990 page: 21
- Oosterhuis Industries Supplies American Brons Diesel Engines To Five New Offshore Tugs Ship Buying Spree page: 22
- Carrington Launches Self-Unloading Cement Carrier page: 22
- Bird-Johnson Appoints National And Regional Sales Managers page: 23
- Ro/Ro Shipping-An Appraisal Of Its Role In Dry Cargo Trade page: 24
- Leif Hoegh Orders Two Multipurpose Ships From Japanese Yard page: 25
- Hyundai Shipbuilding Licensed To Build B&W Diesel Engines page: 25
- Chinese On Worldwide Ship Buying Spree page: 26
- Senior USCG Advisor Robert Lakey Joins Helge Ringdal, Inc. page: 26
- Five Companies Form Technology Group To Build Canadian Ships page: 27
- Intermarine Brochure Fully Describes New Marine Radar page: 28
- Shipowners Seek To Enjoin Alaska State Tanker Law page: 28
- Avondale Launches 165,000-DWT Tanker For Standard Oil (Ohio) Alaskan Service page: 29
- R.E. Derecktor Delivers Tug To Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. page: 30
- Northeast Marine Terminal Announces Start Of Affiliate Operation In Savannah, Ga. page: 31
- American President Lines Names Capt. E.J. McClafferty page: 31
- Maine Maritime Academy Shipping Management Seminar Labeled Outstanding Success page: 32
- Nuclear Merchant Ship Environmental Impact Analysis Published page: 34
- Paper On Drydock Designs Presented At San Diego Meeting page: 34
- Schneider And Moody Named To New Posts At Moore-McCormack Lines page: 34
- Burmeister & Wain Opens Marine Service Center In Hong Kong page: 34
- Packet Offered On Hiring Filipino Seamen page: 35
- Prudential Lines Names Captain George Evans page: 35
- Brochure Describes Removal Of Smoke From Air Vents page: 35
- Maritime Industry Metric Conversion Study Is Available page: 36
- Interocean Conducts Inert Gas Course page: 36
- Gotaverken Delivers Third Tanker For Iraq page: 36
- Crossocean Shipping Names Thomas Giardino page: 36
- Johnston Vertical Pumps Names Hoffert Marine page: 36
- MarAd To Study Liner Segment Of U.S. Merchant Fleet page: 37
- United States Lines Names Capt. Yarborough Assistant Marine Supt. page: 39
- Varo Names Johnson Marine Coordinator page: 39
- American Club Triples Tonnage In Five Years page: 39
- Device Prevents Cable From Becoming Tangled With Buoy Lines page: 42
- Sea Power Symposium Set For Los Angeles November 4, 1977 page: 42
- MarAd Releases 15 Technical Reports On Gas Turbines page: 42
- Bath Iron Works Appoints Igo Jekkals page: 43
- Webb Institute Receives Grant For Research Facilities page: 43
- Mechling States All Modes Necessary For Sound System page: 44
- Gonsoulin Industries New Mother Company For LeBeouf Towing page: 44
- ABS Reports Increase In Classifications page: 44
- APL Team To Analyze Systems Controlling Steam Plants On Ships page: 45
- Campbell Delivers Second Offshore Vessel To Biehl page: 46
- Stow Introduces New Remote Valve Control Flexible Shaft page: 46
- U.S. Navy Officers Assigned To Kings Point page: 46
- Owners Strongly Oppose Federal Financing Bank Control Of Title XI page: 47
- World's First Naval Exposition Set For Netherlands June '78 page: 48
- Eleven New Members Elected To American Bureau Of Shipping page: 48
- CCL Shipcare Limited New Marine Service page: 48
- Camar Develops Blowers Designed For Shipboard Inlet Gas Systems page: 50
- New Maritime Firm Port Fabricators, Inc. Active In Louisiana page: 50
- Report Shows 101 Plants Locate Waterside In First Quarter Of 1977 page: 51
- Edwin G.B. Terry Joins Tidewater Marine Service page: 53
- Waterproofed Engines On Self-Righting Lifeboat Restart Following Capsize page: 53
- Port Of St. Louis Propeller Club Elects Robert Patrick page: 54
- Lloyd's Register Announces Major Changes For 1978 page: 54
- Maxon Marine Industries Delivers Specially Designed Towboat To J.L. Shiely Company page: 55
- SNAME Publishes 'Gas Trials Guide For LNG Vessels' page: 55
- DeLong Jack Systems Described In Brochure page: 55
- James J. Bolton Elected President Jered Industries page: 56
- North American Philips Offers New Radio Telex System For Shipboard Communications page: 58
- Mangone Delivers 185-Foot Supply Vessel To Briley page: 58
- Britain's P&O Group Designs New Type Naval Vessel To Be Built In Private Yards page: 60
- Equitable Lays Keel For First Of Three Breakbulk Vessels For American Atlantic Shipping page: 60
- Study Of Superports And SBMs For Tankers Published page: 63
- Blue Water Marine Forms New Division —George Gray Named page: 64
- Buenos Aires And Manila Added To ABS Network Of Technical Offices page: 64
- American Heavy Lift Shipping Company Names Two Top Executives page: 64
- W.L. Bull Jr. Named Marine Transportation Director For NLFI page: 65
- Marco's 25th Crabber Readied For King Crab Season Opening page: 66
