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The New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY), also known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard , the New York Navy Yard and United States Navy Yard, New York, is located 1.7 miles northeast of the Battery on the Brooklyn side of the East River in Wallabout Basin , a semicircular bend of the East River.The Navy Yard was established by the federal government in 1801. By the American Civil War, the Yard had expanded to employ about 6000 men. On the eve of World War II, the yard contained more than five miles of paved streets, four drydocks ranging in length from 326 to 700 feet, two steel shipways, and six pontoons and cylindrical floats for salvage work, barracks for marines, a power plant, a large radio station, and a railroad spur, as well as the expected foundries, machine shops, and warehouses. In 1938 the Yard employed about ten thousand men, of whom one-third were Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers.
The Yard was the site for the construction of Robert Fulton's steam
frigate, Fulton, launched in 1815. In 1890, USS Maine (ACR-1) was launched from the Yard's ways. In 1937 the battleship North Carolina (BB-55)The USS North Carolina off the coast of New York City Career Laid down: 27 October 1937 Launched: 13 June 1940 Commissioned: 9 April 1941 Decommissioned: 27 June 1947 Fate:memorial General Characteristics Displacement:35,000 t Length:728. 8 ft Beam:108. was laid down. The battleship Iowa (BB-61)USS Iowa (BB-61 the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. Her keel was laid down on 27 June 1940 at the New York Navy Yard. She was launched on 27 August 194 was completed in 1942Events January January 1 World War II: The word " United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. January 5 Amy Johnson disappears in flight over River Thames estuary ass. On January 12January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 353 days remaining (354 in leap years). Events 1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden 1709 Little Ice Age: Two-month freezing period begins in France The coast of the Atla, 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl, test operations begin on USS Antietam (CVA-36) which emerged in December 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. from the Yard as America's first angled-deck aircraft carrierUSS John C. Stennis (left), and HMS Illustrious (right), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier and a typical aircraft carrier. An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. Aircraft carriers thus allow.
The Navy decommissioned the Yard in 1966, but it became an area of
private manufacturing and commercial activity. Now the Yard has over 200
tenants with more than 3500 employees, and is managed and operated by the
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation for the City of New York.
The Yard has three piers, owned by the City of New York and operated by Seatrain Shipbuilding and Coastal Drydock and Repair Corporation, and a total of 10 berths ranging from 350 to 890 feet long, with ten-foot deck height and 25 to 40 feet of depth alongside. A Federal project maintains a channel depth of 35 feet from Throgs Neck to the Yard, about two miles from the western entrance, and thence 40 feet of depth to the deep water in the Upper Bay. Current in the East River is strong and congestion is heavy. Access to the piers requires passage under the Manhattan Bridge (a suspension open with a clearance of 134 feet) and the Brooklyn Bridge (a suspension span with a clearance of 127 feet).
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation maintains a Web site at http://www.brooklynnavyyard.org/ .
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