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	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (NSY)
		The shipyard itself is on an island in Kittery, Maine, across from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, near the mouth of the Piscataqua River.
		However, it was not until 1800 that a permanent shipyard devoted exclusively to the construction and repair of vessels for the United States Navy was established at the mouth of the Piscataqua.
		Prior to this decision all American naval vessels had been built in private shipyards, but the private shipyards of the era were too small, lacking both the dockage and warehousing space, for the task of building this new class of frigate.
	www.fas.org /man/company/shipyard/portsmouth.htm (1482 words)

	NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Norfolk Naval Shipyard is the U.S.Navy's oldest shipyard and actually predates the United States Navy Department by 31 years.
		The shipyard attained nuclear technology capability in the early part of 1965 when USS SKATE (SSN-578) became the first modern submarine to undergo a major overhaul here.
		That is why today Norfolk Naval Shipyard's ability to repair and overhaul ships with speed and efficiency has earned it numerous awards and the reputation of being the nation's number one shipyard.
	www.nnsy1.navy.mil /History/HISTORY.HTM (627 words)

	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
		In 1917, the Naval Aircraft Factory was established on the island.
		Forrestal arrived at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in September 1992 for her scheduled 14-month complex overhaul, but the overhaul was discontinued in March 1993 when the Forrestal was designated for decommissioning.
		Prior to closure the civilian employment in the shipyard was approximately 7,000 employees with an annual payroll of $263M.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/philadelphia_nsy.htm (2031 words)

	Phew! Commission saves Portsmouth Naval Shipyard - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Shipyard workers, politicians, chamber of commerce officials and residents let out a big sigh of relief when they heard a national base closure commission voted to keep the shipyard open.
		Since 1800, the nearly 300-acre shipyard has sat along the New England coastline on an island in the Piscataqua River that separates the small town of Kittery from the tourist enclave of Portsmouth, N.H. It has a civilian payroll of $318.3 million.
		The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard escaped closure during the commission process in 1993 and 1995.
	www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2005/08/24/commission_votes_to_portsmouth_naval_shipyard (677 words)

	EPA-Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
		Puget Sound Naval Shipyard proposes an ENVVEST pilot project to develop and demonstrate an alternative, long-term, cost-effective strategy for protecting and improving the health of Sinclair Inlet, the water body adjacent to the shipyard.
		On October 30, 1996, a Shipyard representative and the Navy Regional Environmental Coordinator met with the Regional Administrator of EPA Region 10 and the Director of the Washington State Department of Ecology in Olympia.
		At the onset of the proposed project the Shipyard would team with additional stakeholders, enlisting their input into the design of the monitoring and analysis programs and the generalized environmental database which will be used to support potentially diverse requirements.
	www.epa.gov /ProjectXL/puget2/97prop.htm (5598 words)

	Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY)
		The shipyard is located in the tidewater region of southeastern Virginia along the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River and Paradise Creek, near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.
		The mission of Norfolk Naval Shipyard is to: Provide logistic support for assigned ships and service craft; Perform work in connection with conversion, overhaul, repair, alteration, dry-docking, and outfitting of ships and craft;ÿ Perform manufacturing, research, development and test work; and Provide services and material to other activities and units.
		The Naval Shipyard at Portsmouth is located on the southern branch of the Elizabeth River approximately 8 nmi south-southeast of Naval Station, Norfolk.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/norfolk_sy.htm (3900 words)

	New Hampshire: History of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots - Library of Congress)
		Naval ship construction in America had its beginning in 1690 on the shores of the Pisctaqua River, which serves as a natural boundary between Maine and New Hampshire.
		Through all the major national conflicts, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) was called upon to design and construct warships -- from the War of 1812 to the Vietnam War.
		The Shipyard currently has a lead role in the overhaul of nuclear-powered submarines.Through several centuries, the PNS has distinguished itself as a leader in naval design and construction.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /cocoon/legacies/NH/200003288.html (313 words)

	History of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
		Naval ship construction in America had its beginning in 1690 on the shores of the Pisctaqua River, which serves as a natural boundary between Maine and New Hampshire.
		Through all the major national conflicts, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) was called upon to design and construct warships -- from the War of 1812 to the Vietnam War.
		The Shipyard currently has a lead role in the overhaul of nuclear-powered submarines.Through several centuries, the PNS has distinguished itself as a leader in naval design and construction.
	www.loc.gov /bicentennial/propage/NH/nh_s_smith1.html (291 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia
		Naval MTFs, which include hospitals and clinics, follow Navy PLPP guidance consistent with Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations–for evaluation, follow-up, and treatment of children with elevated blood-lead levels.
		Naval Medical Center Portsmouth quarterly blood lead monitoring data for 4th quarter 1993; 1st quarter 1994; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters 1995; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters 1996, 1st and 4th quarters 1997; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters 1998; 1st and 2nd quarters 1999; and 1st and 2nd quarters 2000.
		New Gosport landfill: Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/norfolkshipyard/nns_p2.html (12309 words)

	Long Beach Naval Shipyard (NSY)
		To meet its mobilization mission assignment the shipyard was equipped with facilities and skills capable of performing all structural, sheetmetal, boiler, rigging, electronics, electrical, insulating, ordnance, sandblasting, welding, machining, woodworking, painting, pipe fitting, and other work incidental to the overhaul and repair of surface ships.
		Long Beach Naval Shipyard had a modernization and military construction program to meet the critical need to improve waterfront capabilities and facilities and to provide sufficient flexibility to meet workload changes and technological advances required for fleet support.
		Shipyard payroll is estimated at approximately $142.2M annually, plus $8.4M in MWR and Navy Exchange salaries.
	www.fas.org /man/company/shipyard/long_beach.htm (891 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Celebrates Bicentennial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Along with numerous events at the shipyard, port visits are scheduled for the Trident ballistic submarine the USS Maine, commissioned in Portsmouth in 1996, and the USCGC Reliance.
		Shipyard employees including engineers, technicians, tradesmen, along with many submarine veterans having unique perspectives on the installation's long and varied history will also be available throughout the weekend.
		Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employs more than 3,600 workers and has a $270 million economic impact on the tri-state area of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.
	www.defenselink.mil /releases/2000/b06082000_bt316-00.html (273 words)

	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton
		Another milestone was passed in 1961 when the shipyard was designated as a repair facility for submarines, and again in 1965 with the establishment of the shipyard as a nuclear capable repair facility.
		The shipyard mission is wide ranging in that it possesses the capabilities to overhaul and repair all types and sizes of ships of the United States Navy while also serving as home port for a nuclear aircraft carrier, two nuclear cruisers and three fleet support ships (three fast combat support ships (AOE)).
		Puget Sound Naval Shipyard has been recognized as the Navy's best installation worldwide and is the recipient of the 1991 and 1995 Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award.
	www.house.gov /dicks/psns.htm (525 words)

	Hazegray & Underway Shipbuilding Pages
		The new location, in Quincy, MA, was a good location for a shipyard - near the major seaport of Boston, convenient to rail and sea transportation, possessing both a sheltered, riverside location, and deepwater access to the ocean, and with plenty of space to expand.
		Naval shipbuilding ranged from ships ordered under the wartime shipbuilding programs, such as the cruiser USS Salem (CA 139) (left), to the hi-tech nuclear-powered missile ships USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) and USS Long Beach (CGN 9) (right), the world's first nuclear powered surface combatant.
		The Quincy shipyard was purchased by General Dynamics Corporation in 1964, becoming that company's Quincy Shipbuilding Division, and a "sister" division to Electric Boat.
	www.hazegray.org /shipbuilding/quincy (2156 words)

	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (NSY)
		Another milestone was passed in 1961 when the shipyard was designated as a repair facility for submarines, and again in 1965 with the establishment of the shipyard as a nuclear capable repair facility.
		Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is the largest and most diverse shipyard on the West Coast, as well as being the northwest's largest naval shore activity.
		The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is located adjacent to the city of Bremerton in Western Washington on the west side of Puget Sound.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/puget_sound-nsy.htm (1095 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Maine / Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers rally (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The nation's oldest federal shipyard could face closure next year as the government releases another list of military installations that should be closed.
		Its nearly 4,600 employees have consistently argued that the shipyard is necessary and that shipyard workers continually break their own records for completing submarine maintenance under budget and ahead of schedule.
		"For someone who claims the naval shipyard here in Portsmouth is a priority, in 2001, Kerry voted in support of the BRAC process and in 2003 skipped the vote for the very legislation that would repeal the process he today claims should be suspended."
	www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2004/10/19/portsmouth_naval_shipyard_workers_rally (384 words)

	Nuclear Naval Shipyard Workers - Public Health Activities Site Plan
		The Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) dates to 1767 and was the largest shipyard in the world devoted exclusively to ship construction, repair, and overhaul.
		The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) is located on Seavey Island in the Piscataqua River in Kittery, York County, Maine.
		The Portsmouth shipyard was established in 1690 and became a Navy shipyard in 1800.
	oc.itgo.com /kitsap/nuclear/public_health.htm (1865 words)

	Working on Ships and Submarines at Charleston Naval Shipyard in South Carolina - Early, Ludwick, Sweeney and Strauss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Charleston Naval Shipyard (CNSY) is situated on 400 acres of hard-land on the Cooper River, approximately five miles north of the historical city of Charleston.
		After the war, the shipyard was responsible for the repairs and alterations of captured German submarines.
		In all, the shipyard activated forty-four vessels and converted twenty-seven for active fleet duty during the Korean War.
	www.elslaw.com /jobsites_sc_charleston.htm (888 words)

	Shipyard Watch with Howard Altschiller
		Shipyard advocates said Wayne Arny, acting deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for installations and facilities, planned a visit during the coming week to analyze the cost of environmental cleanup operations if the shipyard closes as the Pentagon recommends.
		Amid the sea of shipyard supporters, there is always one man who quietly stands out, a man almost every shipyard worker recognizes for his relentless efforts to save the yard from closing for the past 12 years.
		The proposal to close Portsmouth Naval Shipyard instead of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard came down to strategic location, Pearl Harbor's ability to handle an aircraft carrier in drydock, and consideration to sailors who'd have to leave their Hawaii homeport for extended periods during submarine refuelings, England said.
	www.blogthecoast.com /shipyardwatch (10467 words)

	NAVAL SHIPYARDS IN REVIEW 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		As the Naval Shipyard Board of Directors, as Naval Officers and career civilian leaders, and as taxpayers, we the undersigned commit to moving forward on the actions in this plan to better serve the shipyard community, the Navy, and the taxpayers.
		The Naval Sea Systems Command's Naval Shipyards are a core equity, vital to an efficient and effective ship maintenance and modernization program, and provide an assured source of repair for the Fleet.
		Pursue Naval shipyard partnering initiatives to reduce common overhead costs and, working with the Deputy Commander for Submarines and TYCOMs, integrate SHAPEC and SUBMEPP to develop a more efficient submarine maintenance and modernization program.
	www.shipyards.navy.mil /strategy.htm (2247 words)

	Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
		In addition to repair activities, the facility was used for base housing, naval ordnance training exercises, radiological defense research, and research on exposure to radioactive fallout.
		In 1946, a group, designated as the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL), was detailed to arrange for the decontamination and disposition of several ships that had returned from nuclear weapons tests at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
		The committee's intent was to turn this defunct shipyard land over to the city for the purpose of economic benefit to the region.
	www.militarymuseum.org /HuntersPointNSY.html (1337 words)

	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has achieved "Star" status in VPP and was the first Navy activity to be so honored.
		Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, as a good steward of the environment, constructed a two acre tidal salt marsh wetland where there was once a landfill.
		Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's primary mission is the overhaul, repair and modernization of LOS ANGELES Class submarines.
	www.ports.navy.mil (459 words)

	Welcome to Naval Shipyard Museum
		Come explore the fascinating history of America’s oldest and largest naval shipyard, which is located on the Portsmouth waterfront.
		During the Revolutionary War, the shipyard was described by the British as “the most considerable one in America.” It’s been burned three times by retreating armies because of its strategic importance.
		Founded in 1767 as the Gosport Shipyard, its name was changed during the Civil War to the Norfolk Navy Yard, and later the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
	www.portsnavalmuseums.com /about_naval.html (233 words)

	Picnic planned to support Portsmouth Naval Shipyard - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Portsmouth Naval Shipyard supporters will hold a picnic Saturday as a show of support for keeping the base open.
		The picnic is one of a series of community events staged by shipyard workers and their supporters since the Defense Department recommended the 205-year-old yard's closure on May 13.
		Nearly 8,000 shipyard supporters lined the streets on June 1 to welcome four members of the commission who came to tour the yard.
	www.boston.com /news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/08/08/picnic_planned_to_support_portsmouth_naval_shipyard?mode=PF (298 words)

	Historic Naval Shipyards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The shipyard was burned along with the city when the British raided in 1814.
		A Confederate Naval Shipyard located on the Neuse River at the Cliffs of the Neuse.
		A short-lived Confederate Naval Ordnance Depot was located here, moved to Atlanta, GA before the city fell to the Union.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/ships/yards.html (908 words)

	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
		Established in 1949 within the nation's oldest shipyard, the museum was later moved in 1963 to the Portsmouth waterfront at Riverfront Park.
		The museum displays many ship models and artifacts related to the armed forces, including the history of the naval shipyard, the Portsmouth area, and the history of the world famous C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the Merrimac).
		The Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth was established in 1767 under the British flag.
	www.loc.gov /bicentennial/propage/VA/va-4_h_sisisky7.html (151 words)

	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Achieves OSHA "Star" Status
		The Secretary of the Navy and I are extremely proud of the entire shipyard team: the leadership, the safety staff, and especially the men and women of the waterfront working to embed safety into all that you do.
		He further explained that the Shipyard is number one in the repair and modernization of 688 Class submarine in both cost and schedule.
		Under the "One Shipyard" initiative, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is exporting lessons learned and successful processes to streamline the way forward to "Star" status for the other naval shipyards.
	www.safetycenter.navy.mil /osh/articles/shipyard.htm (941 words)

	Shipyard's future at risk - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		The shipyard was included on a list of more than a dozen military facilities that the Base Realignment and Closure Commission announced it wanted to review as a first step to adding them to a list of Pentagon recommendations released in May.
		Shipyard officials first thing yesterday morning produced 1,000 copies of a flier yesterday with the message, "No changes announced on base closure," said shipyard spokesman Jason Holm.
		"Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor is less efficient than Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, according to Department of Navy data, and additional savings could be found from reduced unit costs at the receiving shipyards because of a higher volume of work," Principi said in his request.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Jul/02/ln/ln07p.html (1152 words)

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