Norfolk Naval Shipyard

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:coordinates 36.8197°N 76.3044°W
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employs gptkb:military
civilian workforce
gptkbp:founded 1767
gptkbp:function ship repair
ship construction
ship modernization
ship overhaul
gptkbp:hasCranes yes
gptkbp:hasDryDocks yes
gptkbp:hasWorkforce over 10,000 employees
gptkbp:historicalEvent Union recapture in 1862
expansion during World War II
modernization in 21st century
site of ironclad construction
support for Cold War fleet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Norfolk Naval Shipyard
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:location gptkb:Portsmouth,_Virginia
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Chesapeake,_Virginia
gptkb:Suffolk,_Virginia
gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
gptkbp:notableEvent site of the conversion of USS Merrimack to CSS Virginia
burned during the American Revolutionary War
captured by Confederates during the American Civil War
gptkbp:notableFor one of the oldest and largest shipyards in the United States
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:USS_Alabama_(BB-8)
gptkb:USS_Texas_(BB-35)
gptkb:USS_Wyoming_(BB-32)
gptkb:USS_Raleigh_(CL-7)
gptkbp:notableShipRepaired gptkb:USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(CVN-72)
gptkb:USS_Dwight_D._Eisenhower_(CVN-69)
gptkb:USS_George_Washington_(CVN-73)
gptkb:USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 74002229
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:Gosport_Shipyard
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Defense
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Naval_Sea_Systems_Command
gptkbp:region gptkb:Hampton_Roads
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:serves gptkb:U.S._Navy_Atlantic_Fleet
gptkb:Military_Sealift_Command
gptkb:U.S._Coast_Guard
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
gptkbp:significance major center for ship repair and overhaul on the East Coast
gptkbp:website https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Shipyards/Norfolk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Navy_nuclear_program
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4