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Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth, Virginia
Norfolk Naval Shipyard is the Navy's oldest shipyard, originally established in 1767 under British rule. It is a full-service shipyard that is capable of repairing and modernizing the entire range of Navy ships, including aircraft carriers, submarines, surface combatants, and amphibious ships. It is the only East Coast naval shipyard capable of dry-docking nuclear-powered aircraft carriers

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery, Maine
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's mission has evolved over the centuries since it was established in 1800. Portsmouth, located in Kittery, Maine, launched its first ship in 1814. During World War I, the shipyard took on an important role in constructing submarines in addition to its role in maintaining and repairing surface ships. The Navy continued to build submarines at Portsmouth until 1969, when the shipyard launched the last submarine built in a public shipyard. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard currently exclusively repairs nuclear powered submarines.

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility
Bremerton, Washington
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was originally established in 1891 as Naval Station Puget Sound; it was designated a naval shipyard in 1901 and was originally designed to construct ships, including submarine chasers, submarines, and ammunition ships. Currently, it is the largest shipyard on the West Coast, and while it is equipped and staffed to work on all classes of Navy vessels, it primarily conducts maintenance on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. It has the only dry dock on the west coast that is capable of servicing an aircraft carrier.

United States Coast Guard Yard
Baltimore, Maryland
Since its founding in 1899, the United States Coast Guard Yard has built, repaired and renovated ships in Baltimore, Maryland for the U.S. Coast Guard. It is the Service's sole shipbuilding and major repair facility, and an essential part of the Coast Guard's core industrial base and fleet support operations. The Yard operates as a revolving fund activity with annual revenue of approximately $125 million.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility
Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i
The Navy originally established Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in 1908 as a mid-Pacific coaling and repair station. Its mission has evolved over the years. Pearl Harbor Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility currently serves as the Navy's largest ship repair facility between the West Coast and East Asia. It focuses primarily on the maintenance and repair of submarines and surface combatants.