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Charlestown Navy Yard pMH i| 10 1 III J HIHI a S3 ^ y ON, in i iH yl AH 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 -*„w 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 DEPOSITORYITEM I FEB 1 1 1997 CLEiVk iBRARY '-' '!:' :• " T • i > V-v A-"! iPn tm& lis*! ;»ri T\eep within Boston Harbor, Charlestown Navy Yard MS 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. Parti ^.vV <»..< • mSI 9Mi 4 Ji*-' he Making of a Navy * "..'^^ *Wv, -• ^ % *** >v i ^ V PS U.S. Naval Shipyards PugetSound MareIsland Washington 1891-present California 1853-1996 Rebuiltfivebattleships Establishedfornaval damagedduring1941 Francisco exPansionint0Pacific- attackonPearlHarbor. o 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. O Charleston SouthCarolina 1901-96 Specializedinthecon- structionofdestroyerWW escortsandLSTsin II.

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