HII Improves Heavy Lifting For Carrier Kennedy

In a maneuver called a “superlift,” Newport News Shipbuilding recently placed a 965-ton structure for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier CVN 79 John F. Kennedy into dry dock, parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries says. The company says the superlift was made with more than twice the amount...

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