Curtis Artis welds on a door structure for a Virginia-class submarine. All photos by Ashley Cowan.
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Published May 6, 2026
Apprentice Caleb Jenkins uses an internal milling CNC machine to work on torpedo tubes for Barb (SSN 804).
The American flag waves at the highest point of Enterprise (CVN 80), which is under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding.
Tiffany Shearrin checks measurements on a plate for Columbia-class submarine Groton (SSBN 828) before laser cutting.
Darrel Davis uses chain falls to lift a part to a submarine for construction.
Plate clamps are lined up awaiting use at NNS Charleston Operations in South Carolina.
Jeremiah Whitlock uses the hand bending machine to bend quarter inch piping for a submarine.
Virginia-class submarine New Jersey (SSN 796) is escorted out to sea by several tugboats, including Charleston seen here.
Joshua Green machines a submarine part.
Cody Deagle and Hakam McNeill prepare to lift an angle bar with an overhead crane.
Elise Davis uses a manual milling machine to cut an aluminum angle bar for Enterprise (CVN 80).
The sun sets between cranes at Newport News Shipbuilding.










