HII Newport News Shipbuilding outlines a number of steps it is pursuing, in the wake of four sailor deaths by suicide while their ship was under repair at the yard.
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Following critical Navy report, shipyard says safety 'is our utmost priority'
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Nidhi Agarwal
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