Stefanie Corrine Cook pulled in front of the Martingale Wharf building at 5:15 a.m. to find a 9-foot, 500-pound figurehead ...

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was founded on June 12, 1800, and is the U.S. Navy's oldest, continually operating shipyard. It was built on a cluster of connected islands called "Seavey's Island" at ...