Bob Castro and daughter Angela Watford made a trip to Beaumont last week on a hunt for family history — the focus of their journey the island that sits in the Neches River between the Purple Heart ...

By 1942, with so many men away at war, this Richmond hub was employing tens of thousands of women. That year, they hired their first ever Black female welder: Frances Albrier. At 44, Albrier had ...

The Navy has formally identified 20 buildings at PSNS as subject to potential structural damage during a seismic event.

USS New Jersey (SSN-796) during sea trials in 2024. HII Photo. Fewer than two dozen shipyard workers are responsible for suspicious welds that were discovered on aircraft carriers and submarines ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The U.S. Navy says it's trying to figure out what led to faulty welding on ships that were built or repaired at Newport News Shipbuilding. On Sept. 30, the shipyard's ...

Shipyard workers are being urged to get checked for cancer. Welding fumes generated by building vessels are shown to cause cancers - and industry leaders are launching a campaign to raise ...

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard welder Jeremy Gearty cuts out angles on a T-bar on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Beyond online advertising job postings, the shipyard has upped the frequency of its job fairs.

But the letter said the Navy and shipyard are investigating the welding work on 23 other vessels in various stages of construction or maintenance at the Newport News yard.