Much has happened since Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s Inside Machine Shop, also known as Shop 31, first shared their time-saving model line initiative in April following its pilot demonstration.
American Patriot and Master Shipbuilder James Hackett set the bar for quality warship construction on the Piscataqua River. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) continues that tradition today by expertly maintaining the Navy’s fast attack submarine fleet that defends our Nation.
Three vessels in U.S. maritime history have carried the name New Hampshire. The first was the 74-gun ship of the line USS New Hampshire, a three-masted square-rigged vessel originally set to carry the name USS Alabama.
Congress authorized Alabama’s construction in April 1816, and its keel was laid at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in June 1819, the same year the state of Alabama was admitted to the Union. Constructed using live oak with...
