Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1799/12/02 | Joshua Humphreys | Naval Architect | USS Chesapeake is launched. The first ship built at Gosport Navy Yard in 1798-1799, Chesapeake is one of a group of six frigates authorized by Congress to Provide a Naval Armament. | Capture of USS Chesapeake | ||
1833/00/00 | Norfolk Naval Shipwrights | Shipyard | Drydock Number One is built of Massachusetts granite between 1827 and 1834 at a cost $974,365.65. | |||
1833/06/17 | The 74-gun ship-of-the-line USS Delaware becomes the first ship to enter a dry dock in America. | |||||
1833/07/29 | Andrew Jackson | Commander in Chief | Recommissioned on 15 July 1833, the Delaware receives President Andrew Jackson aboard. | |||
1850/02/14 | Francis Grice | Naval Architect | Designed and built by Frank Grice and his collaborator Captain Neely, the USS Powhatan, a sidewheel steam frigate, is launched by the Norfolk Navy Yard. | |||
1861/04/20 | USS Pawnee arrives at Gosport Navy Yard on the night of April 20th, unsuccessful in destroying the Naval stores and the dry dock, she tows the frigate USS CUMBERLAND to safety while Union forces retreat to Ft Monroe. | Battle of Hampton Roads | ||||
1861/04/20 | Cmdre MCCAULEY, solitary and alone, without officers (except Lt Semmes), gives the orders to scuttle 9 ships, spike 3000 guns and to destroy Gosport Navy Yard. USS Merrimack is burned to the waterline and scuttled. | Battle of Hampton Roads | ||||
1861/05/30 | Confederates raise the Merrimack and tow it to Gosport's graving dock, (today's Drydock No 1). Designed by Naval Constructor and Portsmouth native, John L Porter, she is converted into the ironclad CSS Virginia. | Battle of Hampton Roads | ||||
1862/05/10 | Retreating Confederates burn Gosport Navy Yard while the US Navy retakes control. | Battle of Hampton Roads |
Particulars for Drydock No 1: | |
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Era | Age of Sail |
Owner | Federal |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Maritime |
Area of Significance | Military |
Level of Significance | National |
Historic Use | Naval Facility |
Sight Category | Structure |
Historic Use | Water Works |
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