Norfolk Navy Yard

Norfolk Navy Yard

Type		Shipyard
Historical Name of Location		Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

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Ships Constructed at Norfolk Navy Yard

Ship Name	Yard No	Slip/Drydock No	Ordered	Laid Down	Launched	Completed
Hulbert				18 Nov 1918	28 Jun 1919	2 Aug 1940
Tucker				15 Aug 1934	26 Feb 1936	23 Jul 1936
Helm				25 Sep 1935	27 May 1937	16 Oct 1937
Alabama				1 Feb 1940	16 Feb 1942	16 Aug 1942

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Norfolk Navy Yard Timeline

4 May 1929	USS Arizona entered Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States for modernization.
16 Oct 1937	USS Helm was commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Lt. Cmdr. Paul H. Talbot in command.
1 Feb 1940	The keel of battleship Alabama was laid down at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States.
29 Jul 1940	US President Franklin Roosevelt, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, and House Naval Affairs Committee chairman Carl Vinson arrived at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, via presidential yacht Potomac, for an inspection. After the navy yard, they also visited US Army's Langley Field and the Newport News Ship Building and Drydock Company.
16 Feb 1942	Battleship Alabama was launched at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, sponsored by Henrietta McCormick Hill, the wife of US Senator J. Lister Hill.
16 Feb 1943	USS Ancon entered Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States to be converted to a combined headquarters and commications command ship.
26 Feb 1943	USS Ancon's designation was officially changed from AP-66 to AGC-4 while undergoing conversion work at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States.
15 Apr 1943	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) was commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Capt. Joseph J. "Jocko" Clark in command.
21 Apr 1943	USS Ancon's conversion work from cargo-passenger ship to combined headquarters and communications ship was completed at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.
9 Aug 1943	USS Alabama arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
19 Aug 1943	USS Alabama completed a scheduled overhaul at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States.
20 Aug 1943	USS Alabama departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
8 May 1944	USS Ticonderoga was commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States with Dixie Kiefer in command.
22 Jul 1944	USS Ticonderoga began her first overhaul at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Her flight deck was to be reconfigured to add 11 feet forward and 7 feet aft, and her anti-aircraft directors were to be repositioned.
25 Aug 1944	USS Wake Island completed her repairs at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.
29 Nov 1945	Fox was decommissioned from service at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.
8 Nov 1946	USS Bennington was decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
18 Oct 1951	USS Missouri entered Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States for a scheduled overhaul.
30 Mar 1952	USS Missouri completed her scheduled overhaul at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States.
4 Aug 1952	USS Missouri entered Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States for refitting.
11 Jun 1954	USS Wisconsin began a scheduled overhaul at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States.
12 Jul 1954	USS Wisconsin completed her scheduled overhaul at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States.
6 Feb 1960	USS Cassin Young arrived at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States for inactivation.

Photographs

Fitting-out basin, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 1 Mar 1901

Machine shop, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 2 Feb 1905

Norfolk Navy Yard Drydock No. 4, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 17 Nov 1917

Pump No. 1, Drydock No. 4, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 16 Jun 1919

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