Drydock Number One, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Portsmouth, Virginia)
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Portsmouth, Virginia
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military, place with historical importance, drydock, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, United States Navy, U.S. National Historic Landmark
The first dry dock in the United States. During the Civil War the abandoned, burned out hulk of the USS Merrimack was converted to the ironclad CSS Virginia in this dry dock. Built in 1827, the dry dock is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Additionally, the American Society of Civil Engineers recognizes the dry dock as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drydock_Number_One,_Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°49'14"N 76°17'34"W
- Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek 15 km
- Naval Station Norfolk (NGU/KNGU) 16 km
- Norfolk, Virginia 17 km
- Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress (NFE/KNFE) 17 km
- Naval Air Station Oceana (NTU/KNTU) 21 km
- Battle of Hampton Roads 24 km
- Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story 25 km
- Naval Air Station Oceana - Dam Neck Annex 29 km
- Langley Air Force Base (LFI/KLFI) 33 km
- Fort Eustis 49 km
- South Norfolk 2.6 km
- Downtown Norfolk 3.3 km
- Portsmouth Marine Terminals 4.5 km
- Ghent 4.9 km
- West Ghent 5.4 km
- Park Place 6 km
- Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Coal Terminal 6.1 km
- Old Dominion University 7.3 km
- Virginia International Gateway (VIG) 8.5 km
- Washington 10 km