Charlestown Navy Yard

92 Pages·1995·9.4 MB·English

by  National Park Service

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Official National Park Handbook

Charlestown
Navy Yard
Boston National Historical Park
Massachusetts
Produced by the
Division of Publications
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC
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Followingpages:BostonHarbor,about1870. Visiblein the
foregroundareCharlestownNavy Yard'stimberdock(left)
anddrydock(centerleft,withdockedvessel). Theships
anchoredoffthenavyyardpiersare(left) U.S.S. Ohio,the
yard'sreceivingship (forhousingrecruitsandsailorstransfer-
ringbetween vessels), andU.S.S. Wabash"inordinary"(that
is, outofcommissionandinstorage).
Pages6-7:In1803, U.S.S. Constitutionwascareenedata
Boston wharfforrecopperingbeforesailingfortheMedit^er-
raneantoconfronttheBarbaryStates.
Contents
Part 1 The Making of a Navy 6
Prologue 9
GrowthoftheYard 11
The ComingofIron andSteam 29
TheNewNavy 45
TheYardTransformed 63
Part 2 Visiting Chariestown
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was birthplace, repair center, outfitting base, and
port ofrefugefor thousands ofU.S. naval vessels. This is
the story oftheyard, the ships itserved, and thepeople
who kept them seaworthy.
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U.S. Naval Shipyards
PugetSound
MareIsland Washington 1891-present
California 1853-1996 Rebuiltfivebattleships
Establishedfornaval damagedduring1941
Francisco exPansionint0Pacific- attackonPearlHarbor.
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Hunter's Point
California 1939-1974
Repaired600ships
WW
during II.
Long Beach
California1935-50;1951-98
ReactivatedforKoreanWar.
In1982,modernizedbattleship
NewJerseyformissiles.
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii 1900-present
ServicedgrowingPacificfleet
afterSpanish-AmericanWar.
DamagedbyJapaneseair
attackin1941.
Mound City
Illinois 1862-74
RepairfacilityforUnion's
MississippiSquadron i
duringCivilWar.
Pensacola
Florida 1825-1911
BurnedbyConfederates
duringCivilWar.Hasserved
asairtrainingfacilitysince
O yardclosing.
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Charleston
SouthCarolina 1901-96
Specializedinthecon-
structionofdestroyerWW
escortsandLSTsin II.