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The 90-foot tugboat Dorothy, Hull Number One, was delivered by Newport News Shipbuilding in 1891. Over the next 73 years, Dorothy earned a legendary reputation for dependability and became a symbol of the quality workmanship associated with Newport News throughout the world. After Dorothy, the company built more than 700 ships, ranging from yachts, tankers, freighters, submarines, gunboats, and battleships to such famous passenger liners as America and United States. Since 1934, when Newport News delivered the world's first aircraft carrier, Ranger, the shipyard has built more than a score of carriers, including Essex, Hornet, Yorktown, Franklin, Enterprise, Forrestal, John F. Kennedy, Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Carl Vinson. After a 1964 collision ended Dorothy's career, she was brought home to Newport News, carefully restored, and moved there in 1976 as a tribute to the pride and craftsmanship of Newport News shipbuilders.
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