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Heavy metal : the hard days and nights of the shipyard workers who build America's supercarriers / Michael Fabey.

Fabey, Michael, (author.).

Summary:

Presents the extraordinary story of the Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia and its thirty thousand employees and shipyard workers who battle layoffs, the elements, impossible deadlines, extraordinary pressure, workplace dangers, and a pandemic to build the U.S. Navy's newest and most powerful aircraft carrier.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062996258
  • ISBN: 9780062996251
  • Physical Description: x, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Subject:
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company > History.
Aircraft carriers > United States > Design and construction.
Shipbuilding industry > Virginia > Newport News > Employees > History.
Shipbuilding > Virginia > Newport News > History.
Newport News (Va.) > History, Naval.

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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Marion Library 338.4762 FAB (Text) 37810435791479 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library 338.476 FAB (Text) 22281500048309 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cliffdale Library 338.4762 F (Text) 31781067578532 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Henderson Main Branch 338.476 F (Text) 33258010207890 Adult Nonfiction Available -
High Point Library 338.4762 Fabey (Text) 30519010865239 Adult Nonfiction Available -
North Regional Library 338.4762 F (Text) 31781067578540 Adult Nonfiction Available -
South Buncombe/Skyland Library 338.476238 FAB (Text) 0020513328979 Adult Nonfiction Available -