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The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard on Seavey's Island in Kittery, Maine, bordering Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The naval yard lies along the southern boundary of Maine on the Piscataqua River . Founded on June 12, 1800, PNS is U.S. Navy's oldest continuously operating shipyard.
The United States federal government owns the island, which is the site of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. For many years the US Navy regarded the shipyard as belonging to New Hampshire (whence the name Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire). Later the Navy adopted a neutral position in the dispute.
The Lightship Portsmouth is a museum ship that is part of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum. Built in 1915 and began service as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1916. In 1964, the lightship was retired to Portsmouth, Virginia. In 1989, the Lightship Portsmouth was designated a National Historic Landmark.
Somebody decided Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was excess capacity and should be closed. One of the arguments was that it would save $2 billion over 20 years. Its three dry docks were no longer needed.
KITTERY, Maine — A federal arbitrator has sided with Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s biggest union in its fight to ease parking and traffic burdens on Seavey Island, ruling that contractors hired ...
The Commander, Naval Submarine Forces (a.k.a. COMNAVSUBFOR; and dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Submarine Force, Atlantic or COMSUBLANT) is the Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet type commander under the United States Fleet Forces Command . The principal responsibility of the Admiral commanding is to operate, maintain, train, and equip submarines.
Whitehouse would go on to work for the Herald for 28 years - though in January 1951 he was called back into the Navy, working 16 months at the South Boston Naval Annex to help re-fit the carrier ...
Opened. 1908. Closed. 1974. Portsmouth Naval Prison is a former U.S. Navy and Marine Corps prison on the grounds of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) in Kittery, Maine. The building has the appearance of a castle. The reinforced concrete naval prison was occupied from 1908 until 1974.