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  • The recent keel laying for the George Washington (CVN-73), which will be the Navy's sixth Nimitz Class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, marked two firsts in Newport News Shipbuilding's 100-year history.

    The placement of the Washington's 730-ton keel section in Shipway #12 represents the first time two aircraft carriers will be assembled simultaneously in a single shipway.

    Ship way #12 is the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

    The Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is currently under construction in the inboard section and is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in 1990.

    NNS vice president John Graham said that prior to the launching of the Lincoln, the partially completed Washington will be watertight and able to be floated out of the outboard end of the shipway.

    After the Lincoln is floated out of the shipway, the Washington will be brought back into the shipway for completion, and repositioned on the same keel blocks that supported the Lincoln. This procedure will mark another first for us, he said.

    The Washington's keel laying represents a continuation of the modular construction techniques Newport News uses to build aircraft carriers. "We've learned many lessons from building the Theodore Roosevelt," Mr. Graham said, "and we will continue to improve on efficiencies as we progress on both the Lincoln and the Washington." Extensive use of computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/ CAM) are credited for building current aircraft carriers faster than previous carriers. Modular construction techniques and the greater super lift capability of the shipyard's 900-ton-capacity gantry crane that spans the shipway, are also responsible for the anticipated earlier deliveries.

    Nimitz Class carriers are 1,092 feet long and carry a 6,000-man crew and about 100 aircraft. They have a 4 Vz -acre flight deck and are approximately 24 stories high from keel to mast top. Newport News Shipbuilding constructed all three of the Nimitz Class carriers currently in the Fleet. A fourth ship of the class, the Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), is scheduled for delivery to the Navy later this year.

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  • the U.S. Navy, after authorization of the development program in September by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The first FBM submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched less than four years lat- er, on June 9, 1959, and the first successful submerged test firing of the Polaris missile was made from

  • Carl Vinson. The Roosevelt is one of three Nimitz Class carriers now under construction at the yard; the others are the Abraham Lincoln and the George Washington. Advanced technology has enabled progress to be accelerated since the Roosevelt's keel was laid in late 1981. For the first time at the yard

  • advanced design. A graduate of Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, Dr. Johnson also holds a master's degree in solid mechanics from The George Washington University, and a doctorate in naval architecture from the University of California at Berkeley

  • the Nimitz, the Dwight Eisenhower, the Carl Vinson and the Theodore Roosevelt. In addition, the shipyard is building a sixth Nimitz flattop, the George Washington, which is scheduled to be delivered in 1991. For free literature on the shipbuilding and ship-repairing facilities and capabilities of Newport Ne

  • positions with American Standard, Inc., and Chrysler Corporation. Mr. Powers earned a B.A. degree from Merrimack College and an MBA degree from George Washington University. Abex Corporation is a subsidiary of IC Industries, Inc., Chicago, 111. The Denison Division manufactures and markets worldwide

  • 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine engineering. He also received a Master of Science degree in international affairs from George Washington University. After an extensive career in the U.S. Coast Guard, which included several command positions, Captain Tatman, upon retiring in 1975

  • , during which he earned numerous decorations. He is a graduate of the Georgia Military Academy, The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., George Washington University, and the Harvard Business School of Advanced Management. Mr. Guerin, a former national award-winning newspaperman, joined the

  • Corps of Engineers in 1965, following 21 years of service. A native of the Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, he holds a Business Administration degree from George Washington University, Washington, D.C

  • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Fracture Mechanics to be held at the George Washington University, September 11- 13, 1978, will be available through the University Press of Virginia. This symposium, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, presents an overview of fracture problems in

  • , and the U.S. Navy Department's Office of General Counsel. He took his undergraduate degree in f o r e i g n a f f a i r s from George Washington University and his law degree from the University of Arizona

  • of New York Maritime College with an ABS degree in maritime transportation in 1960, and subsequently attended the Naval Postgraduate School and George Washington University. Mr. Rasmus served as an officer on both merchant and naval vessels, and holds the rank of commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve

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