Hot Shots, September 2025
Published October 1, 2025
Check out the latest edition of Hot Shots, which showcases Newport News shipbuilders, their work and scenes from across the shipyard.

Shipbuilders in the Foundry prepare for a pour.

Tugboat Jane McAllister helps hold a Virginia-class submarine in place.

Erica Stones uses a tool to measure a unit before it is fitted to the ship.

Between the center and left stacks atop Newport News Shipbuilding’s Power House sits the shipyard whistle.

Larry Thompson welds an aircraft carrier unit.

The HII logo is illuminated in the distance down Waterfront Drive at Newport News Shipbuilding.

Shipbuilders help secure ropes attached to John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) to moor the carrier to the pier.

A shipbuilder’s welding mask awaits its next move during nightshift.

Kristopher Hughens helps to secure the bay door at the Modular Outfitting Facility.

A crane at Newport News Shipbuilding faces an oncoming storm.