Photos by Ashley Cowan.

Hot Shots, August 2025

Published August 27, 2025


Shipbuilders work together lift a gangway from a submarine.


Micah Hunt installs a fan wire on the mast of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79).


Eugene Moss lowers chains on to a pallet after use.


Morning light is seen through cranes at Newport News Shipbuilding.


Jamul Brown and Dashon Ward work together to ensure two plates for a submarine unit align before welding them together.


Angus Blakely looks toward Arkansas (SSN 800) prior to taking weight measurements of the Virginia-class submarine.


An American flag flies near Newport News Shipbuilding’s 315-ton goliath gantry crane.


Roderick Johnston operates a crane in a shop.


Takevion Petty and Cody Connell work together to secure a unit to a barge.

A close-up of the wheels that guide Newport News Shipbuilding’s newest goliath gantry crane along its rails.