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The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), 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.
View of Seavey's Island from Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH. The large building is the former naval prison. Seavey's Island in 1893. Seavey's Island, site of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, is located in the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine, United States, opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It encompasses 278 acres (1.13 km 2).
An aerial view of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from the 1930s. The photo is taken from the Maine side—land visible at the top-right of the photo is in New Hampshire. Seavey's Island lies in the northern side of the Piscataqua River, between the town of Kittery, Maine, and the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The island was originally five ...
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Letter writers weigh in on value of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery Trading Post's threat to leave Maine, Israel-Hamas war and more
The southern terminus of SR 236 is at the intersection of SR 103 (Whipple Road), Woodlawn Avenue, and Shapleigh Road in Kittery, near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. It follows Shapleigh Road and Rogers Road to the Kittery Traffic Circle, where it connects to US 1, US 1 Bypass, and Old Post Road. The rotary marks the southern end of the Dow Highway.
This article is part of a monthly series celebrating Kittery’s history, as Maine’s oldest town counts down to its 375th birthday. Kittery 375th: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard a town cornerstone ...
The Portsmouth Naval Prison, built to be a modern correctional facility for a navy which had once disciplined by flogging and capital punishment, was rendered obsolete. After containing about 86,000 military inmates over its 66-year operation, the brig closed in 1974, its maintenance thereafter contributing to shipyard overhead .