Norfolk Naval Shipyard Turns 250

From the October 2, 2017, Virginia-Pilot (Norfolk)  "Ironclad Legacy:  Norfolk Naval Shipyard older than the nation and the Navy, turns 250."  Robert  McCabe.

You can see the famed Hammerhead Crane from 1940.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, is the Navy's oldest and largest shipyard turns 250 on October 15.

Today, it services highly-secured nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers by 10,500 civilians and 750 military personnel.

The carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and submarine USS Rhode Island are there right now.

Naval Station Norfolk is the world's largest Navy base and that turns 100 this year.

--Cooter