Gosport Navy Yard (Norfolk Navy Yard)
Naval works, Portsmouth, Virginia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Naval works
- Where
- Portsmouth, Virginia
- Years
- 1861-1862
- Today
- Industry today
GOSPORT NAVY YARD
Confederates took the burned yard in April 1861 and in early 1862 rebuilt the hulk of USS Merrimack here as the ironclad CSS Virginia. They burned the yard when they left in May 1862, and its machinery went to Charlotte.
Then
Confederates took the burned yard in April 1861. In early 1862 they rebuilt the hulk of USS Merrimack there as the ironclad CSS Virginia.
The Confederates burned the yard when they left in May 1862, and its machinery went to Charlotte.
Now
Industry today
The site is the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, still operated by the U.S. Navy. Dry Dock One is still in use.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 0.4 miles away.
Nearby
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- 2 miUnion troops occupy Norfolk as Confederates burn the navy yardMay 10, 1862, Norfolk, Virginia
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