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.