Boston Navy Yard - Charlestown Navy Yard

Moto:  Serving the Fleet

 

Date Opened: August 26 1800

Date Established: 1801

Date Closed: July 1, 1974

 

Area Size:

When Opened (1800): 35.5 acres

Largest (1942): 143 acres

Prior to Closing (1973):129.88 aces (88 acres hard land)

 

World War II:

Largest 1943- 52,000 workers

7700 woman / 2300 African American

 

174 ships built in the ww2 yard

 

Between 1938 and 1945 the Navy Yard and its annexes performed overhauls and repairs on some 3,476 vessels.

 

Ships Built: destroyers; submarines; destroyer escorts; landing ships, tank (LSTs); landing ships, dock (LSDs).