Contents

Part 1 The Making of a Navy 6

Prologue 9

Growth of the Yard 11

The Coming of Iron and Steam 29

The New Navy 45

The Yard Transformed 63

Part 2 Visiting Charlestown Navy Yard 78

Deep within Boston Harbor, Charlestown Navy Yardwas birthplace, repair center, outfitting base, andport of refuge for thousands of U.S. naval vessels. This isthe story of the yard, the ships it served, and the peoplewho kept them seaworthy.

Boston Harbor; about 1870. Visible in theforeground are Charlestown Navy Yard’s timber dock (left)and dry dock (center left, with docked vessel). The shipsanchored off the navy yard piers are (left) U.S.S. Ohio, theyard’s receiving ship (for housing recruits and sailors transferringbetween vessels), and U.S.S. Wabash “in ordinary” (thatis, out of commission and in storage).

Part 1 The Making of a Navy

In 1803, U.S.S. Constitution was careened at aBoston wharf for recoppering before sailing for the Mediterraneanto confront the Barbary States.

U.S. Naval Shipyards

Puget Sound

Washington 1891-present

Rebuilt five battleships damaged during 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Mare Island

California 1853-1996

Established for naval expansion into Pacific.

Hunter’s Point

California 1939-1974

Repaired 600 ships during WW II.

Long Beach

California 1935-50; 1951-98

Reactivated for Korean War. In

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