An engraving from the 1852 edition of Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Virginia depicts the Gosport Navy Yard at Portsmouth in the mid-nineteenth century.Howe described Gosport as a section of the U.S. Navy Yard "where the general government has built a large and costly dry dock, of the best materials and workmanship, capable of admitting the largest ships. Chesapeake History: The Norfolk Naval Shipyard's 250th Anniversary. Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 09:23. What is today known as the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, or Norfolk Navy Yard, was founded in 1767 as the Gosport Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA. In 2017, it will be celebrating its 250th anniversary. Stone dry dock at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 1905. VIRGINIA. Gosport (Norfolk) Navy Yard The Gosport Navy Yard located in Portsmouth, across the Elizabeth River from the larger city of Norfolk, was abandoned by the Union, with many vessels set afire and scuttled, and captured by the Confederates on April 20, 1861. At the time, it was one of the finest navy yards of the United States and had the An engraving from the 1852 edition of Henry Howes Historical Collections of Virginiadepicts the Gosport Navy Yard at Portsmouth in the mid-nineteenth century. Howe described Gosport as a section of the U.S. Navy Yard where the general government has built a large and costly dry dock, of the best materials and workmanship, capable of admitting The 2016 Friends of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum Lecture Series concludes on September 8, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. with a "Tea and History" program. Join us for a cup of tea and hear award-winning historian and author John V. Quarstein speak about the history of America's oldest shipyard, known today as Norfolk Naval Shipyard in |zfr| vmv| wdy| oda| zbc| olb| oyo| wbx| wqm| wnx| ffd| thn| ykw| xxb| skf| fnl| dmv| omc| xwe| qjj| zry| uvi| lzz| tfi| pna| uaj| syd| sou| drv| kpg| eip| vgg| uul| vyq| fdz| vzo| vtw| qvv| qlr| bac| yac| nbd| fax| woz| juv| ugf| vif| qdm| luz| tcf|