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The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and later Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities in the United States Navy. It was established in 1801 as part of the recent establishment of the new U.S. Department of the Navy in 1798.
History; Navy Yard at Noisette (redevelopment) Detyens Shipyards Inc. Charleston Naval Shipyard; Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. SC-22-A, "U.S. Naval Base Charleston, Building No. 32 Smokestack, Hobson Avenue, North Charleston, Charleston County, SC", 18 photos, 3 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
The following is a partial list of ships built at the Boston Navy Yard, also called the Charlestown Navy Yard and Boston Naval Shipyard. The year shown is the launch year. Aerial view of the Boston Navy Yard in April 1960. The South Boston Naval Annex, circa 1958. 1814: USS Independence (90-gun ship of the line) [1] War of 1812; Mexican ...
Charlestown Naval Shipyard Park is an 11.06-acre (4.48 ha) [1] park in Charlestown's Boston Navy Yard, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Korean War Memorial is installed in the park. The Charlestown Navy Yard Ferry Terminal extends out from the south side of the park. The Anchor and Navy Yard Commons opened in May 2019. [2] [3]
The USS Constitution Museum is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, which is part of the Boston National Historical Park in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The museum is situated near the ship USS Constitution at the end of Boston's Freedom Trail. The museum is housed in a restored shipyard building at the foot of Pier 2.
In one of the largest water contamination cases in U.S. history, up to 1 million people who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina from 1953 to 1987 may have been exposed to a drinking ...
Charleston Navy Yard Officers' Quarters Historic District is a national historic district located at the former Charleston Naval Shipyard in North Charleston, South Carolina. It encompasses 24 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object.
The Charlestown Navy Yard is located on the southern edge of Charlestown on the banks of the Charles River. Used during the American Revolutionary War as a shipyard, it continued to serve as a base of the United States Navy until 1975, when the Navy turned the property over to the National Park Service.