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Heavy metal : the hard days and nights of the shipyard workers who build America's supercarriers Cover Image Book

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]

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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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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library 338.4762 FAB (Text) 37810435791479 Adult Nonfiction Available -