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Nuclear work

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Norfolk Naval Shipyard provides repair and modernization services for every type of ship that the U.S. Navy has in service, which includes amphibious vessels, submarines, guided missile cruisers, and supercarriers.

NNSY rarely does any non-nuclear work anymore. Most non-nuclear work is subcontracted out to one of the other shipyards in the area, such as Norshipco or Newport News, or just performed by contractors while the ships are in a wet slip at Norfolk Naval Base. NNSY mainly works on nuclear ships, nuclear support ships, or nuclear repair facilities, mostly due to security reasons (all shipyard employees have specific security clearances determined by the US Government) as well as manning reasons (not enough people to do everything). I added in a clarifier at the end of the sentence.

Name of Shipyard

There is an error in the article, but I'm unsure how to correct it. The article states the current name (Norfolk Naval Shipyard) has been the official name since 1862. That's incorrect; that name dates only to the 1950s. Prior to that, the name was officially the Norfolk Navy Yard. My grandfather had papers from as late as WWII that showed that name. Can someone find the exact date for the name change? Bill Ward (talk) 10:54, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First photograph

The first photograph, of the ruins of the yard during the Civil War, is in the Library of Congress. The photographers are identified as James Gardner, b. 1832 (negative), and Alexander Gardner, 1821-1882 (positive). The man seated on the ruins is Alfred Waud, 1828-1891. All three of these men have their own Wikipedia entries, and could be linked. For the LC copy, see http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006685373/ kpeck1916 18:46, 2 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kpeck1916 (talk • contribs)

Agreed. I don't know why the editor wrote he was unknown because it has clearly been documented everywhere. Additionally, Alfred Waud was an illustrator for Harper's Weekly, according to Humanities Texas. In any case, I fixed it. MagnoliaSouth ^(talk) 21:26, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reference Change

Ref 1 info is now at: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Shipyards/Norfolk/AboutUs/History.aspx Pbornemeier (talk) 03:27, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

USS Enterprise CVN 65 not build by NNSY

USS Enterprise was built by Newport News Shipbuilding - NOT by Norfolk Naval Shipyard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)