886K views · 1.8K reactions | USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65 was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. She was nicknamed "Big E". | War History Online | Facebook

10K views · 342 reactions | HII’s #NewportNewsShipbuilding division continues to make progress on Enterprise (#CVN80), the U.S. Navy's third Ford-class aircraft carrier. Watch this time-lapse as shipbuilders lift the heaviest unit to date – weighing in at 901 metric tons – into the dry dock, where the carrier is being built. | HII | Facebook

#NewportNewsShipbuilding recently completed the first two superlifts for Enterprise (#CVN80), the U.S. Navy’s third Ford-class aircraft carrier. The superlifts – which each weighed hundreds of tons – form part of the carrier’s flat bottom and one even included steel from CVN 80’s namesake, Enterprise (#CVN65). Take a look at this time-lapse video to see CVN 80 begin to take shape in the dry dock. | HII

Newport News Shipbuilding’s Foundry team recently completed a 96,000-pound pour to create part of an upper rudder post for aircraft carrier Enterprise (#CVN80). This is the first of five large steel castings for the rudder post, which will play a vital role in the carrier’s steering capabilities. Watch a time-lapse video of the pour below. | HII

Shipbuilders at our #NewportNewsShipbuilding Division continue to make progress on the foundation for Enterprise (#CVN80) – the third aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy's Ford-class. Watch this time-lapse video to see a CVN 80 unit being lifted into the dry dock. | HII

#ThrowbackThursday to one of the last superlifts employees at our #NewportNewsShipbuilding division completed for Enterprise (#CVN80) last year. CVN 80 is the third U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to carry on the name Enterprise. The most recent, #CVN65, was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in history. Already, 20,000 pounds of steel from CVN 65 have been incorporated into modules for CVN 80. When fully constructed, more than 35,000 pounds of steel from CVN 65 will live on in CVN 80, ensuri

80K views · 3.5K reactions | Construction of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Enterprise (#CVN80) continues at our #NewportNewsShipbuilding division. Watch this time-lapse video of shipbuilders lifting CVN 80’s first side shell unit into the dry dock. | HII | Facebook