Operating a 50-ton plate magnet crane, Ricky Hunt picks up full-size plates to be processed in the Steel Fabrication Shop.

Taj McKenney operates a CNC machine used to cut parts out of plates.

A shackle used for rigging and lifting awaits its next use.

Ahmad Granby performs a non-destructive testing method called eddy current testing (ECT), which detects defects in the metal.

Kristopher Manley cuts a piece of plate with a sheet metal shear.

Copper pipe is seen glowing in the morning sunlight.

A shipbuilder moves a work station gantry to perform his work.

Jeremy Plucinik uses a solution to help cut a piece of angle bar.

The sun rises over Newport News Shipbuilding Charleston Operations.

Pipefitter Sheron Dameron measures a pipe for cutting.

The American flag blows in the wind on the back of a tugboat.