Talk:Norfolk Naval Shipyard

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Norfolk Naval Shipyard provides repair and modernization services for every type of ship that the U.S. Navy has in service, which includes amphibious vessels, submarines, guided missile cruisers, and supercarriers.

NNSY rarely does any non-nuclear work anymore. Most non-nuclear work is subcontracted out to one of the other shipyards in the area, such as Norshipco or Newport News, or just performed by contractors while the ships are in a wet slip at Norfolk Naval Base. NNSY mainly works on nuclear ships, nuclear support ships, or nuclear repair facilities, mostly due to security reasons (all shipyard employees have specific security clearances determined by the US Government) as well as manning reasons (not enough people to do everything). I added in a clarifier at the end of the sentence.