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KITTERY, Maine — A federal arbitrator has sided with Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s biggest union in its fight to ease parking and traffic burdens on Seavey Island, ruling that contractors hired ...
Dec. 12—Additional spending for worker protections and improvements to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and speeding up the cleanup of PFAS or forever chemicals were projects Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D ...
The Navy’s ability to build lower-cost warships that can shoot down Houthi rebel missiles in the Red Sea depends in part on a 25-year-old laborer who previously made parts for garbage trucks.
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.
The United States federal government owns the island, which is the site of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. For many years, the U.S. Navy regarded the shipyard as belonging to New Hampshire (whence the name Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire). Later, the Navy adopted a neutral position in the dispute.
The U.S. Navy closed the Charleston Naval Shipyard and naval base on April 1, 1994, but CNS' member base was robust enough that the credit union was able to withstand the loss. In recognition of the changed environment and the credit union's broad membership, CNS changed its name on August 9, 1994, to South Carolina Federal Credit Union.
More: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard economic impact $1.4B: Towns with most workers, payroll listed Currently, the defense industry in Maine employs more than 20,000 people at more than 150 companies.
In late February 2022, Washington returned to Naval Station Norfolk after a deployment of 192 days of sustained operations, covering over 37,000 nautical miles (43,000 mi; 69,000 km), with stops in Haakonsvern, Norway; Tromsø, Norway; Faslane, Scotland; and Brest, France. [16] [17] News reports indicated she was in Tromsø during January 11–14.