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Portsmouth Navy Yard

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Seavey's Island, Kittery, Maine
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.jpg
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 2004
Coordinates 43°4′44″N 70°44′3″W / 43.07889°N 70.73417°W / 43.07889; -70.73417Coordinates: 43°4′44″N 70°44′3″W / 43.07889°N 70.73417°W / 43.07889; -70.73417
Type Shipyard
Site information
Controlled by United States Navy
Open to
the public
no
Site history
Built 1800
In use 1800–Present
Battles/wars
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is located in Maine
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is located in the US
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Location Seavey Island, Kittery, Maine
Area 54 acres (22 ha)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 77000141
Added to NRHP November 17, 1977
Garrison information
Current
commander
Capt. William Greene

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard located in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. PNS is tasked with the overhaul, repair, and modernization of US Navy submarines. The facility is sometimes confused with the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia.

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was established on June 12, 1800 during the administration of President John Adams, and is the U.S. Navy's oldest continuously operating shipyard. It sits on a cluster of conjoined islands called Seavey's Island in the Piscataqua River, whose swift tidal current prevents ice from blocking navigation to the Atlantic Ocean.

The area has a long tradition of shipbuilding. Since colonial settlement, New Hampshire and Maine forests provided lumber for wooden boat construction. HMS Falkland was commissioned here in 1696, considered the first British warship built in the Thirteen Colonies. The Royal Navy reserved the tallest and straightest Eastern White Pine trees for masts, emblazing the bark with a crown symbol. During the Revolution, the Raleigh was built in 1776 on Badger's Island in Kittery, and became the first vessel to fly an American flag into battle. Raleigh has been depicted on the Seal of New Hampshire since 1784, even though she was captured and served in the British Navy. Other warships followed, including Ranger launched in 1777 and commanded by Captain John Paul Jones. It became the first U. S. Navy vessel to receive an official salute at sea from a foreign power.


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