KITTERY — Vice President Joe Biden is paying a visit to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard this week. Joining him on Wednesday will be U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Rep. Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire, along with Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud of Maine. The shipyard announced the visit on Sunday. Pingree said Sunday that […]
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USS Scranton arrives at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
KITTERY — USS Scranton has docked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where it’ll undergo repairs, maintenance and modernization. The Los Angeles-class attack submarine arrived Monday with a crew of 16 officers and 122 enlisted sailors. Nicknamed the “Iron Horse,” the Scranton was commissioned in 1991 and is one of the newer Los Angeles-class subs with […]
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USS California sub at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
KITTERY — The USS California submarine is at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for maintenance. The fast-attack sub and its crew of 115 enlisted personnel and 15 officers docked at the shipyard on Sunday. The California is the eighth Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine “built to excel in anti-submarine warfare” and other missions. The sub’s home port is […]
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Navy decommissions arson-damaged sub
The somber deactivation ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard marked the end of the sub’s nearly 24 years of active service. Rear Adm. Ken Perry, commander of the submarine Group Two in Groton, Conn., where the sub was based, acknowledged the seriousness of the event, but told the crowd they were there to celebrate the submarine […]
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U.S. Navy takes another stab at developing Piscataqua River island
KITTERY — The Navy is trying for a third time to let the private sector redevelop Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s shuttered prison, a fortress-like structure that has priceless views of the Atlantic Ocean but needs millions of dollars of repairs. The prison, located on Seavey Island in the Piscataqua River that separates Maine and New Hampshire, features […]
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Federal appropriations bill could send submarine work to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
KITTERY — Maine and New Hampshire’s U.S. senators say that $11.5 million in construction funding and the procurement of two Virginia-class submarines for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has been listed in a pending appropriations bill. Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and New Hampshire Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte say the provisions are […]
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Unstable crane causes concern at Kittery shipyard
KITTERY (AP) — Officials at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard temporarily evacuated some personnel after concerns were raised about an unstable crane being used for some building repairs. Deputy Public Affairs Officer Gary Hildreth said the report about the crane next to Building 178 came in at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Personnel in the building and […]
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Most National Guard, shipyard workers return to work
BANGOR — Most of the 406 Maine Army and Air National Guard employees and 1,500 workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery furloughed last Tuesday when the federal government shut down have returned to work, officials said Monday. Maj. Michael Steinbuchel, public affairs officer for both branches of the Maine National Guard, said employees […]
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers furloughed this morning
KITTERY —Workers reported to work Tuesday morning at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and received furlough letters. The head of the biggest union at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard says about 2,000 of the shipyard’s 4,700 workers were furloughed Tuesday morning. The Navy told civilian workers to report to duty regardless of whether government was closed. Navy shipbuilder […]
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Federal shutdown to have limited effect in Maine
In Maine, a federal government shutdown does not signal the end of mail delivery but could affect a range of things from fall tourism to flu readiness. The hardest hit likely would be the neediest Mainers, whose federal aid for housing, heating and food could be jeopardized by a long shutdown. A shutdown began as […]