Old Navy

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Dockyard portal crane pictured used in stepping of new masts and bowsprit to Frigate USS Constitution during her major refit at Charlestown Navy Yard Dry Dock No 1 in October 1929.

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Pier work construction pictured underway on Pier D at Brooklyn Navy Yard on February 28th 1911, Troop Transport USAT Hancock in her role as a Receiving Ship is in the background.

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Air bedding day pictured for Maine Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Ohio in the Hudson River in 1909.

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Lead Ship, Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Iowa pictured in 1905.

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Norfolk Navy Yard Torpedo Station pictured in 1905, Plunger Class Submarine USS Adder is berthed in the foreground.

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Torpedo Boat Destroyers pictured in the Wet Basin at Norfolk Navy Yard in 1905.

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The decommissioned Torpedo Boat No 6, USS Porter pictured at Brooklyn Navy Yard launch ways in 1901, with other Torpedo Boats in the aftermath of severe storm damage.

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Protected Cruiser USS Newark pictured in Dry Dock No2 at Norfolk Navy Yard in 1892.

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A William Morris of Philadelphia plan for an Ironclad Monitor dated January 15th 1848.

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Young riveter's mates pictured heating rivets for a vessel under construction on the ways at William Cramp & Sons Shipyard at Philadelphia in 1900, whilst in the background the Ward Line Company Liner SS Morro Castle is fitting out...she would be acquired by the USN during the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and also used during WWI, she would be sold for breaking in 1926.