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	PORTSMOUTH (OH.) - LoveToKnow Article on PORTSMOUTH (OH.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From 1807 to 1816 Portsmouth was the horn of Daniel Webster.
		Portsmouth is served by the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line, the Chesapeake and Ohio and the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk (Pennsylvania system), the Southern, and the Norfolk and Western railways, by steamboat lines to Washington, Baltimore, New York, Providence and Boston, by 'erries to Norfolk, and by electric lines to numerous suburbs.
		Portsmouth was established by act of the Virginia assembly in 1752, incorporated as a town in 1852 and chartered as a city in 1858.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/PORTSMOUTH_OH_.htm (1103 words)

	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard for building, remodeling, and repairing the Navy's ships.
		It is located on the other side of the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the state of Maine, occupying the whole of Seavey Island in the river.
		The yard was established in June 1800, making it the oldest continuously-operating shipyard of the Navy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard (567 words)

	The Portsmouth Navy Yard Goes on Strike!
		In November 1854, the Portsmouth Navy Yard was running in full thrust to meet the demand for new vessels and repair of aging warships like the USS Constitution.
		Orders were received at the Navy yard, according to the newspapers, to discharge all those persons who were publicly mentioned by name as inciting the strike.
		The Navy Yard workers met again and agreed that they should have taken their case directly to the Secretary of the Navy via their NH Senators.
	www.seacoastnh.com /navyyard/strike.html (972 words)

	Portsmouth Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The USS "Portsmouth," a wooden sloop-of-war, was launched at the Portsmouth, NH Navy Yard on October 23, 1843 and commissioned November 10, 1844, with Commander John Montgomery (photo) in command.
		"Portsmouth" sailed January 25, 1845 for the coast of Mexico where she was engaged in watching the movements of British Vessels.
		"Portsmouth" was assigned the task of protecting San Francisco Bay during the waiting period prior to the commencement of hostilities.
	www.sfo.com /~paterson/portsmouth/historyoftheportsmouth.htm (223 words)

	USS Dolphin (SS-169) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was launched on 6 March 1932 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard sponsored by Mrs.
		She arrived at Portsmouth Navy Yard on 23 March for final trials and acceptance, remaining there until 1 August.
		She served in this essential task until the end of the war, then was decommissioned 12 October 1945 at Portsmouth Navy Yard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Dolphin_(SS-169) (571 words)

	City of Portsmouth, Virginia - History
		Portsmouth was then occupied by the 4th Virginia Regiment, and Fort Nelson was built at Hospital Point.
		The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, founded in the Shipyard in 1949, was transferred to the Portsmouth waterfront at the foot of High Street.
		Portsmouth is selected by the State’s Dept. of Historic Resources as one of four regional preservation offices strategically located throughout the Commonwealth.
	www.portsmouthva.gov /history/portsmouthhistory.htm (1444 words)

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		Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. Monday, November 22, 1915 The court met at 10:30 a.m.
		Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. Tuesday, November 23, 1915 The court met at 10:30 a.m.
		Thomas P. Fields, seaman, U.S. Navy, who had previously testified, was called before the court, informed that the oath previously taken was still binding, and stated that he had had read over to him the testimony given by him on Monday, the first day of the trial and pronounced it correct.
	www.public.asu.edu /~ialong/Taylor25.txt (8249 words)

	The S Boats - Gallant Ladies of the Past - A Historical Tribute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When the United States Navy's Bureau of Engineering built two NELSECO-type engines at the New York Navy Yard for installation in USS S-4, that was under construction at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, the preliminary trial team set up by the Board of Inspection and Survey observed excessive vibration in the starboard diesel engine.
		USS S-4 departed the Mare Island Navy Yard on 10 February 1927 and transited to the Panama Canal Zone...where she operated through March and April of that year.
		Notified of the sinking late in the afternoon of the tragedy, the Portsmouth Navy Yard recalled civilian and naval personnel to ready the tender USS Bushnell for sea.
	thesaltysailor.com /s-boats/s4.htm (2450 words)

	Welcome to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Portsmouth is the most experienced naval shipyard in submarine design, construction, modernization, and maintenance, and has a key role in the very-deep ocean submersible and special operations arenas.
		It is currently the planning yard for the Navy’s deepest diving submarine and submersible as well as other scientific research, defense prototype testing, and submerged rescue platforms.
		Portsmouth is an enduring and respected member of the Navy maintenance team noted for: a flexible, mobile work force performing at full potential; timely, thorough response to customer needs when and where required; and an expanded role in life cycle maintenance of Navy submersibles.
	www.ports.navy.mil (291 words)

	The night the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Burned
		In a way the Franklin Shiphouse at the Portsmouth Navy Yard had much in common with Oliver Wendell Holmes' famed "One-Hoss Shay." It too lasted about a hundred years and a day, and then disappeared.
		In its heyday it was the most imposing structure on the old Portsmouth Navy Yard, one of what were once three such buildings, almost alike.
		Her place is to be supplied by another frigate of the same name, the keel of which was laid in the new house at the Navy Yard in this harbor, on Wednesday last, under the supervision of Capt. Thomas W. Wyman.
	www.seacoastnh.com /navyyard/yardyarn.html (963 words)

	SS-164, U.S.S. Bass
		Bass was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 5 September 1940 and assigned to SubDiv 9, Atlantic Fleet.
		Following repairs at the Navy Yard, Bass moved to New London, where she conducted secret experiments of Block Island in December 1943.
		Re-entering the Philadelphia Navy Yard in January 1944, she remained there until March.
	www.fleetsubmarine.com /ss-164.html (629 words)

	NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was in this yard that the partly burned steam frigate USS MERRIMACK was converted by the Confederates into the CSS VIRGINIA.
		The first aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy's history, the USS LANGLEY, was converted here between 1919 and 1922 from the collier USS JUPITER.
		The yard's employment peak of nearly 43,000 workers was reached during World War II when the yard built nearly 30 major vessels and repaired 6,850 U.S. and Allied ships.
	www.nnsy1.navy.mil /History/HISTORY.HTM (627 words)

	USN Ships--USS Henderson (Transport # 1, later AP-1) -- Ceremonial Activities.
		On board USS Henderson (AP-1) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 20 May 1922, at the beginning of her voyage to Japan with the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1881.
		Greets his staff on board USS Henderson (AP-1), at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 20 May 1922, at the beginning of her voyage to Japan with the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1881.
		The Washington Navy Yard Band was formed in 1916 from the bands of USS Mayflower and USS Kansas.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/ap1-h.htm (537 words)

	U-boat Archive - U-873 - Naval Inspector General Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(g) That the Industrial Division of the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, performed in a satisfactory manner the receiving, safeguarding, and stripping of U-boats turned in at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, after the boats were turned over to them for that purpose.
		The following instructions for the handling and interrogation of prisoners of war captured by vessels of the United States Navy are based on the practical experience of the British Navy during the present war.
		Although all prisoners of war and other persons in the protective custody of the Navy Department will ultimately be placed in the custody of the War Department, all such personnel will first be retained in naval custody at or near the port where disembarked until transfer to and transportation in Army custody can be arranged.
	www.uboatarchive.net /U-873NIGReport.htm (4564 words)

	Charles Morris Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the outbreak of the War of 1812 he was made first lieutenant under Hull on the Constitution and later was given command of the Adams and the Congress.
		He served as commander at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, 1817-1822, and the Boston Navy Yard, 1824-1832.
		As a member of the Board of Navy Commissioners, 1823-1827 and 1832-1841, Morris was instrumental in a number of naval reforms.
	www.clements.umich.edu /webguides/arlenes/m/morrisC.html (147 words)

	Navy Department History of the USS Sailfish SS-192
		The keel of the ill-fated Squalus (later re-named Sailfish), was laid on 18 October 1937 at the U.S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
		After having made eighteen successfuldives in the previous tests, and while operating off the Isle of Shoals, the sub made a trial dive at 0740 on 23 May, from which she never recovered.
		Preliminary observations and preparations were made by a Navy diver.
	www.geocities.com /Baja/Dunes/4791/sailfish.html (542 words)

	The Gato Class Fleet Type submarine was the class of submarine
		By the time the Gato Class was designed, the simplification and weight-saving programs mounted by the Bureau of Ships and the Portsmouth Navy Yard had built up a substantial margin of surplus available tonnage for use in future submarine construction.
		This major gain in operating capability was unusual in that it was originated by the designers and offered to the operating forces, whereas, in most cases, the operators brought their new requirements to the designers.
		Her keel was laid on 26 June 1942 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine.
	www.subvetpaul.com /USS-Balao-SS-285.htm (1674 words)

	USS Kearsarge
		The first Kearsarge was launched 11 September 1861 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.El.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Kearsarge departed Portsmouth 5 February 1862 for the coast of Spain thence sailed to Gibraltar to join the blockade of Confederate raider Sumter, forcing her abandonment in December.
		She returned to Portsmouth, N.EI., 12 November and decommissioned in the Portsmouth Navy Yard 1 December 1886.
	www.multied.com /Navy/CWNavy/kearsarge.html (712 words)

	History of Ships named USS Kearsarge
		The Navy had contacted the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development for the possibility of acquiring red oak from the same mountain and namesake of the original Kearsarge, to be used for plankowner plaques.
		John Twitchell, a forester from the Division of Parks and Recreation, was coordinator for the project, and with Howard Lewis and Ken Demarais of the Division of Forests and Lands, selected and harvested the trees.
		On suggestion of the wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, a daughter of Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire, the Secretary, in 1891, named the vessel which sunk the Alabama in 1864 after this mountain.
	www.warner.nh.us /ships.htm (3515 words)

	The USS S-11 - Gallant Lady of the Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The keel of USS S-11 (SS-116) was laid down on 2 December 1919 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine.
		The full load of diesel oil carried was 36,950 gallons, which fueled two 1,000 designed brake horsepower MAN (Maschinenfabrik-Augsberg-Nurnberg) type diesel engines manufactured by the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York...which could drive the boat, via a direct drive propulsion system, at 15 knots on the surface in relatively calm seas.
		On 30 September 1936, USS S-11 was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and placed in the reserve fleet at that government installation.
	thesaltysailor.com /s-boats/s11.htm (1213 words)

	USS PICUDA (SS-382) - SHIP'S HISTORY
		The design development of this class was accomplished by the Portsmouth Navy Yard...and she was built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
		USS Picuda again entered the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for inactivation on 27 March 1946 and was towed by a fleet tug to New London/Groton on 19 September 1946.
		By 1972, the Navy had no conceivable use for any of the old submarines in foreign hands, so gave the recipients the opportunity to terminate the loans and buy the boats at their scrap value.
	www.ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /Picuda.html (3625 words)

	USN Ships--USS S-13 (SS-118)
		She generally served in the Panama area for the rest of her career, but made a cruise to California and Hawaii in late 1924 and the first half of 1925 and occasionally operated elsewhere in the Caribbean region and along the U.S. Atlantic Coast.
		S-13 was out of commission at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, between the end of September 1936 and late October 1940.
		Captain Charles T. Owens, Captain of the Yard, turns the submarine over to her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Wilder D. Baker, during commissioning ceremonies at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 14 July 1923.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/ss118.htm (475 words)

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		She returned from this cruise to Portsmouth 4 September and was underway 29 November for the west coast of the United States.
		Except for periods of overhaul in the Mare Island Navy Yard, she remained in Hawaiian waters until the outbreak of World War II.
		She entered the Portsmouth Navy Yard 14 June for inactivation and was decommissioned there 21 September 1945.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ss180.txt (1035 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She swung and fired stern shots at a tanker, then discovered an escort dead ahead, 700 yards range, and was forced to clear the area.
		She shifted to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 12 December to commence preservation incidental to being placed in inactive status.
		Picuda again entered the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for inactivation 27 March and was towed by a fleet tug to New London, 19 September 1946.
	www.subvets.org /Requiem/382.htm (2236 words)

	USS S-3 (SS-107)
		The keel of USS S-3 (SS-107) was laid down on 16 August 1917 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine, on one of the Franklin Shiphouse building ways.
		Following outfitting and trials, USS S-3 began her career with training operations along the New England coast...operating out of the Portsmouth Navy Yard and the United States Naval Submarine Base at New London/Groton, Connecticut.
		The submarines transited, via the Panama Canal, to Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii...where USS S-3 was detached and reassigned to operate off the west coast of the United States from the Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California.
	ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /S-3.html (833 words)

	George Collier Remey, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
		At the outbreak of the War with Spain he was called from the command of the Portsmouth navy yard to take charge of the naval base at Key West, Florida.
		Captain of the Yard, Navy Yard, Portsmouth 1889-95
		George Collier Remey was born in Iowa in 1841 and died in 1928.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /gcremey.htm (938 words)

	For Those in Peril on the Sea - LostLiners.com
		The USS Squalus (SS-192) of the Sargo-class, built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in New Hampshire, was put to sea on March 1, 1939.
		After fitting out at Portsmouth, the submarine began a series of test dives, as is the procedure of all new submarines, off the Isle of Shoals.
		The challenge that presented itself to the US Navy was unlike any other encountered previously: how to get a 1, 450-ton, 310' long submarine from 243 feet underwater, to the port 15 miles away.
	www.lostliners.com /Peril/squalus.html (3293 words)

	USS Saratoga
		The third Saratoga, a sloop of war laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., was launched on 26 July 1842; and commissioned on 4 January 1843, Comdr.
		The ship sailed from Portsmouth N.H.on 16 March 1843 but was dismasted in a gale the next day and forced to return to Portsmouth for repairs.
		Repaired at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Saratoga was recommissioned in 1847, Comdr.
	members.cox.net /tdshiflett/ships/data/sow/saratoga3_sow.html (2301 words)

	Rescue of the Squalus: The Sinking
		on May 23, 1939, the Squalus left the Portsmouth Navy Yard located along the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire.
		It was underway for its 19th test dive under the command of Lieutenant Oliver Naquin.
		As the submarine neared the designated point, the submarine's location and estimated submersion time were radioed to the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
	www.onr.navy.mil /focus/blowballast/squalus/sinking1.htm (180 words)

	AllRefer.com - Constitution, ship (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
		Authorized by Congress in 1794, the ship was launched in 1797 and was commissioned and put to sea in 1798 in the undeclared naval war with the French.
		The ship was laid up at the Portsmouth navy yard in 1855 and was there used as a training ship.
		In 1897 it was stored at the Boston navy yard, and in 1927–30, under authorization of Congress, it was restored by public subscription (1925–27).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Constitu-fr.html (370 words)

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