Given a sentence in English, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in French that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

He was assigned in 1866 to the Portsmouth Navy Yard , then in 1868 to the Pensacola Navy Yard .
Il a été affecté au chantier naval de Portsmouth en 1866, puis au chantier naval de Pensacola en 1868.