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USS Newport News (CA–148) was the third and last ship of the Des Moines-class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy.She was the first fully air-conditioned surface ship and the last active all-gun heavy cruiser in the United States Navy.
USS Newport News (AK-3), was a German cargo ship named Odenwald, taken over by the US Navy during World War I; USS Newport News (CA-148), was a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser in service from 1948 to 1978; USS Newport News (SSN-750), is a Los Angeles-class submarine commissioned in 1989 and currently in active service
Hadleigh Castle was first built by Hubert de Burgh, the 1st Earl of Kent, who was a key supporter of King John. [4] De Burgh was given the honour of Rayleigh by John in 1215 as a reward for his services, but chose not to develop the existing caput of Rayleigh Castle, instead building a new fortification south of the town of Hadleigh. [4]
The USS Des Moines (CA-134) and USS Salem (CA-139) were decommissioned by 1961 but the USS Newport News (CA-148) served until 1975. The Salem is a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts (near Salem, Massachusetts , the ship's namesake); The Des Moines and Newport News were scrapped .
HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355) From a page move : This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.
English: The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Newport News (CA-148) firing on targets in Vietnam at night, circa in 1967. Newport News was deployed to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 5 September 1967 to 13 May 1968.
The commission was given to McKim, Mead, and White in 1898, and the New York branch of Jules Allard and Sons were engaged as interior decorators. Construction started in 1899, but the sharp winter slowed construction; Mrs. Oelrichs' sister had married William K. Vanderbilt II that winter season, and the house was required for parties in the following Newport season; the eager Mrs. Oelrichs ...
1970 - I remember massive shelling around the area of Danang Bay (Red Beach, Elephant Islands) I Corp RVN, said to be the work of USS Newport News. According to this article she was not in theater. Some-body's wrong. lg —Preceding unsigned comment added by LarG ( talk • contribs ) 20 May 2007