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Within the next few days the Department of Defense will announce whether the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be placed on a list to close.

Locally in Maine and New Hampshire, politicians, businesses and workers have predicted severe economic and personal pain if the base eventually shuts down.

But communities from Charleston, South Carolina to Vallejo, California have absorbed previous closures and have managed to survive.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports locally some officials are starting to consider the daunting question 'What happens if the Shipyard does close?'