Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (HM1GEZ)

Location: Portsmouth, VA 23704
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 49.668', W 76° 17.836'

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"Dry Dock 1"

— Path of History Portsmouth, VA —

Convinced of the need to more quickly and efficiently repair the nation's Navy ships, President John Quincy Adams and Congress agreed in 1827 to follow engineers' recommendations to build two dry docks, one here and one in Boston.



The construction of the dry dock in Boston was begun first. However, Gosport opened its $974,365 granite creation first by docking the line-of-battle ship Delaware on June 17, 1833. This marked the first dry docking in the Western Hemisphere. Construction was completed on the dry dock in March of 1834.



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The day of careening vessels to repair them ended at Gosport June 17, 1833 when sailors powering a capstan slowly drew the 74-gun USS Delaware into Dry Dock 1. Designed by a famed civil engineer, Colonel Loammi Baldwin, the dry dock could then host the nation largest ships.
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Date Added Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 9:59am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 384311 N 4076555
Decimal Degrees36.82780000, -76.29726667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 49.668', W 76° 17.836'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 49' 40.08" N, 76° 17' 50.16" W
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Area Code(s)757
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 208-298 Lincoln St, Portsmouth VA 23704, US
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