Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is a federal military installation located in Kittery, Maine that provides technical education and apprenticeship training to its workforce. Federal facilities of this type are occasionally reported in IPEDS when they offer structured postsecondary education or credentialed training programs. Specific institutional type, enrollment figures, completion rates, and retention rates are not reported in available IPEDS data for this site.

No specific programs are listed in current IPEDS records for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Shipyard training programs of this type typically include apprenticeships and technical instruction in trades such as pipefitting, welding, electrical work, machining, and nuclear engineering support, preparing workers for skilled positions in naval vessel maintenance and repair.

Kittery is a town in York County at the southern tip of Maine, situated directly across the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is one of the oldest and largest naval shipyards in the United States and is a major employer in the seacoast region of Maine and New Hampshire.