Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard on Seavey's Island in , bordering .
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: United States Navy shipyard in Kittery, Maine
  • Also known as: “Kittery Navy Yard”, “Portsmouth Naval Base”, “Portsmouth Navy Yard”, and “United States Naval Base (Portsmouth, N.H.)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rice Public Library and Pierce Island.

Library
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The is the public library of . It is located at 8 Wentworth Street in the central Kittery Foreside village, in an architecturally distinguished Romanesque Revival building built in 1889 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with a large annex just across the street at 2 Walker Street. is situated 2,500 feet northwest of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Islet
Peirce Island is a historic 27-acre island owned by the city of , and is connected to adjacent outlying Four Tree Island. It is connected to the mainland by the Peirce Island bridge.

Church
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is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kittery and Portsmouth.

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is a small town in , directly across from the border, that features a number of outlet stores.

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is a city in , United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the bordering the state of , was formerly the home of the Pease Air Force Base, since converted to .

Village
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New Castle is a town in , United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost town in and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Latitude
43.08126° or 43° 4′ 53″ north
Longitude
-70.73699° or 70° 44′ 13″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87MF37J7+G6
Geo­Names ID
7267264
Wiki­data ID
Q1778836
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Portsmouth Naval Shipyard” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Portsmouth Naval Shipyard”
  • Chinese: “普利茅斯海軍造船廠”
  • Chinese: “朴茨茅斯海军基地”
  • Chinese: “朴茨茅斯海军造船厂”
  • Chinese: “樸次茅夫海軍船廠”
  • Chinese: “樸次茅斯海軍船場”
  • Chinese: “樸次茅斯海軍造船廠”
  • Chinese: “樸茨茅斯海軍造船廠”
  • French: “Portsmouth Naval Shipyard”
  • German: “Portsmouth Naval Shipyard”
  • German: “Portsmouth Navy Yard”
  • Japanese: “ポーツマス海軍工廠”
  • Japanese: “ポーツマス海軍造船所”
  • Korean: “포츠머스 해군 조선소”
  • Malay: “Limbungan Tentera Laut Portsmouth”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Portsmouth Naval Shipyard”
  • Polish: “Portsmouth Naval Shipyard”
  • Polish: “Portsmouth Navy Yard”
  • Russian: “Portsmouth NSY”
  • Russian: “Портсмут”
  • Slovenian: “Kittery Navy Yard”
  • Slovenian: “Portsmouth Naval Shipyard”
  • Spanish: “Astillero Naval de Portsmouth”
  • Spanish: “Portsmouth Naval Shipyard”
  • Ukrainian: “Portsmouth Naval Shipyard”
  • Ukrainian: “Портсмутська військово-морська верф”

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