BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The 45-acre complex off Bushy Park Road just north of the Naval Weapons Station used to be home to W International - a large-scale metal fabricator.

In December, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced their acquisition of the facility - and with that, their Newport News Shipbuilding division was able to carry over nearly all of some 500 employees.

Fast forward to mid-March, and the country's largest military shipbuilder is already making use of the four buildings and almost 500-thousand square feet of space in Berkeley County.

Read the full story here: abcnews4.com/news/local/navy-ships-made-in-the-low…

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