M/V PFC JAMES ANDERSON, JR. ARRIVES AT NNS FOR REPAIR WORK

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 21, 2000 – Newport News Shipbuilding (NYSE: NNS) announced that M/V PFC James Anderson, Jr., a Military Sealift Command (MSC) pre-positioning ship chartered by Maersk Lines, arrived at the company today for repair work.

Work to be performed on the ship includes hull blasting and painting; underwater equipment survey; tank blasting and painting; overhaul of four deck cranes; survey and repair of main propulsion equipment; repair of machinery components; cargo equipment and helicopter deck refurbishment; and deck equipment survey and repair. The ship is 755 feet long with a beam of 90 feet.

Staff Photo by Chris Oxley

Arrival of the M/V PFC James Anderson, Jr.

Pre-positioning ships like Anderson are chartered by MSC and carry ammunition, supplies and military vehicles. They are stationed in areas of the world where there is a potential for conflict or requiring rapid availability of military equipment.

Anderson will remain at the company for approximately one month. Three sister ships to Anderson, Bonnyman, Baugh and Phillips have been dry docked and repaired by Newport News Shipbuilding in the last nine months.

Newport News Shipbuilding designs and constructs nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines for the U.S. Navy and provides life-cycle services for ships in the Navy fleet. The company employs nearly 17,000 people and has annual revenues of approximately $1.9 billion. Visit NNS on the Web at www.nns.com.