A ship along the Hudson River at the Historic Matton Shipyard in the Peebles Island State Park on Friday, June 17, 2016, in Cohoes, N.Y. (Eliza Mineaux/Special to the Times Union) ...

The “Dead Reckoning” tour on Oct. 17 was split into two groups, with the museum’s director of education, Sarah Timm, leading one group as the Hunter’s Moon shone down over the shipyard.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The historic Dry Dock 4 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard got a multi-million-dollar makeover. “We are all bearing witness to living history and the modernization of a 255-year-old ...