AAA-0416 · Archive record
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING
4101 Washington Ave, Newport News, VA 23607
A digital archive object associated with NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING.
Source description / title
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING — PropyKeys ERC-721 digital asset associated with 4101 Washington Ave, Newport News, VA 23607
Archive summary
An onchain digital twin associated with 4101 Washington Ave, Newport News, VA 23607.
Archive significance
Filed in Aerospace, Space & Defense within the Space, Defense & Aerospace collection, with the archive tags Space / Defense.
Original authored description
DIGITAL ASSET DESCRIPTION The RWA tied to Newport News Shipbuilding represents ownership exposure to a property associated with one of the most strategically important military shipbuilding facilities in the world. Located at 4101 Washington Avenue in Newport News, Virginia, this asset occupies a central position within the United States defense-industrial base and serves as one of the most critical centers of naval engineering and maritime defense capability. What distinguishes this property is its association with Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries and the only shipyard in the United States capable of constructing nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The facility has also played a vital role in the construction, modernization, and maintenance of nuclear-powered submarines and other mission-critical naval assets supporting U.S. maritime operations around the globe. The significance of this asset extends far beyond traditional industrial real estate. Naval shipbuilding infrastructure represents one of the highest concentrations of engineering, manufacturing, and strategic defense capability in existence. Facilities such as Newport News Shipbuilding support the platforms that project maritime power, safeguard trade routes, and contribute to national defense readiness. The blockchain use case associated with this asset is particularly compelling because it preserves the provenance of a property connected to one of the most consequential military shipbuilding operations in modern history. Through tokenization, a landmark defense-industrial asset becomes anchored to an immutable digital ledger, creating a permanent and verifiable record that bridges strategic physical infrastructure with blockchain-based permanence. Through tokenization, this asset preserves a verifiable record connected to naval engineering, maritime defense, nuclear fleet development, and the evolution of strategic military infrastructure. WHERE SEA POWER MEETS DIGITAL PERMANENCE Archived & Preserved by Jacob Alan Ervin Lovaas🇺🇸🎩 June 18, 2026 ⚓🚢🛡️🏆💎🇺🇸
Catalog placement
- Primary world
- Space, Defense & Aerospace
- Primary group
- Aerospace, Space & Defense
- Geography
- Virginia
- Archive revision
- 2026-08-20
- Archive flags
- Cataloged record
Layer 01 — Source Record
- Token ID
- 308909
- Network
- Base
- Standard
- ERC-721
- Contract
- 0xa239b9b3e00637f29f6c7c416ac95127290b950e
- Canonical Record Fingerprint
- Chain ID: 8453 (Base Mainnet)
Record Hash (SHA-256): 9470bc155a6303897efea35a54a0695ceeaf81c25a943e3775d5e796641fb2c7
Layer 02 — Archive Reading · Source Trail
This record is drawn from the complete inventory and the curatorial catalog.
- Source title
- NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING
- Source artifacts
- AAA-INV-2026-v1.0 · Canonical Token & Address Inventory Ledger (566 Records) · Complete Inventory · AAA-CAT-2026-v1.0 · Primary Group Taxonomy & Curatorial Classification Registry (36 Groups) · Curatorial Catalog · AAA-DESC-2026-v1.0 · Systemic Significance & Portfolio Crosswalk Compendium · RWA Description
- Onchain reference
- Base · ERC-721 · Token 308909
This record is the mirrored digital twin onchain associated with 4101 Washington Ave, Newport News, VA 23607.
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