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Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick, RI
Oct. 16-19, 2026

This website will be updated as new information about the upcoming Memorial Service is received, so check back often. Click on the Menu Icon above and navigate to the 'Updates' page to stay up-to-date. Updates will be posted as they are received.

Click the button below to view/download/fill out/mail - the Memorial Service registration form. You will still need to make your reservations with the Hotel if you plan on staying there. See 'Be Aware' Below

**Please note you can make your Memorial payment using the ship’s store Item #99. PLEASE read the instructions that are posted for the registration form. Click HERE to make your 2026 Memorial Service payment through the Ships Store, or send your check payable to: USSNNRA [$148 per person] along with your registration form to address below.

 registration form

The form MUST BE MAILED TO:
USS Newport News CA-148 Memorial Committee
PO Box 156
Sterling, CT 06377-0156

BE AWARE:
Registration for the Memorial does NOT reserve your hotel room.
Hotel reservations must be made DIRECTLY with the hotel at the negotiated rate of $159 per night, effective 16 thru 19 October.
You may make your reservation one of three ways:
(1) Email at reservations@crownehotelwarwick.com
(2) Online at https://www.CrowneHotelWarwick.com, using the three letter group code USN, or
(3) By calling the Reservation Dept. at 401-732-6000 and referencing USS Newport News CA-148. Rates cannot be adjusted at check-in or check-out for guests who fail to identify their affiliation when making reservations. 

USS Newport News (CA-148) Museum and Memorial Foundation Officers, Directors, and....

Officers

  • President: Mike Lanier
  • Vice President: Herb Bernard
  • Treasurer/Secretary: Tony Gallagher

Directors

  • Mike Gallo
  • Jo-Ann Gallo

Honorary

  • John Noll
  • Joe Shea

Webmaster

  • W.C. (Bill) Gowacki

Crown Plaza
Providence-Warwick

801 Greenwich Ave., 
Warwick, Rhode Island 02886

1-401-732-6000