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In October 2009, Nitze was open to the public for tours in downtown Norfolk as part of the Navy Fleet Week celebration. She was moored at the Nauticus Museum and Half Moone Cruise terminal. During 1–5 July 2011, Nitze was docked in Eastport, Maine , for 4th of July celebrations.
Don Doe uses poses and images from Jean-Honoré Fragonard's [11] work, comic strips, history books, pornography, and illustration genres to create an alternate world where "women are dominatrix 'pirate gals' and men are as ships in a bottle. These phallically potent 'Pirate Gals' celebrate pinup representations and wear their sexuality as an ...
In 2000, the museum undertook management of the battleship USS Wisconsin, which was berthed next to Nauticus that year and opened to the public on April 16, 2001. In December 2009, the Navy donated the battleship to the city of Norfolk, ending the museum's supervision of the ship.
When the Spirit of Norfolk ship caught fire Tuesday, many people from Hampton Roads and beyond watched as the site of some of their most cherished memories went up in smoke. The 187-foot ship ...
Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. The installation occupies about 4 miles (6.4 km) of waterfront space and 11 miles (18 km) of pier and wharf space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point .
Drydock Number One is located on the west side of the central branch of the Elizabeth River.It measures 319.5 feet (97.4 m) in length, and is built of Massachusetts granite, stepped to allow access to and bracing of ships under repair.
The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships. It is the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy as well as the most comprehensive.
People in Norfolk were treated to a spectacular sunset as the sky turned shades of purple, pink and orange. BBC Weather Watches sent in vivid images taken from across the county on Sunday afternoon.