National Historic Landmark · Portsmouth, New Hampshire

USS Albacore

Added to the National Register in 1989, and a National Historic Landmark.

USS Albacore
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeStructure
AddressPortsmouth Maritime Museum, Portsmouth, NH
CountyRockingham County
ListedApr 11, 1989
Listed forMilitary, Engineering, Science
Level of significanceNational
Reference number89001077
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressPortsmouth Maritime Museum, Portsmouth, NH
Coordinates43.0824° N, 70.7667° W · Directions ↗
Also in Portsmouth42 listed places in Portsmouth → · walking tours →
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Public land around it

Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAbout 3 miles away1,170 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Local history books for Portsmouth

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  • Historic Crimes and Justice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
    David Ferland, 2014
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New Hampshire travel guides

  • New Hampshire off the Beaten Path®
    Barbara Rogers and Stillman Rogers, 2025
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  • New Hampshire
    Larry Pletcher and Greg Westrich, 2019
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  • Moon Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire
    Jen Rose Smith, 2018
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was USS Albacore listed on the National Register?

Apr 11, 1989. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is USS Albacore?

Portsmouth Maritime Museum, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for USS Albacore?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Is there a wildfire near USS Albacore right now?

2 active incidents within 50 miles as of 2026-10-17, nearest Morse Rx, 37 miles away.

Source: Map

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 89001077. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.