Old Navy

[Brian James]

Armoured Cruiser USS Brooklyn pictured at League Island Navy Yard in 1893...A map of League Island dated 1891....The island was developed as the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Since the late 20th century, it has been redeveloped and now operates primarily as an industrial park under the name 'The Navy Yard'. League Island no longer exists as an island, since the Back Channel, which separated it from the mainland, was closed at the eastern end to create land for Mustin Field, a military airfield. This was closed in 1963. The western end of the channel became the present Reserve Basin, which holds the ships of the U.S. Navy's reserve fleet.

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Frigate USS Constitution pictured in her role as Receiving Ship at Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston c1905...The White Star Line passenger liner SS Arabic is berthed opposite, she was sunk on August 19th 1915, during the First World War, by German Submarine SM U-24, 50 miles south of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland causing a diplomatic incident.

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Dry Dock No. 4 pictured at Pearl Harbor c1970.

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Repair work pictured underway to the quay wall adjacent to Dry Dock No. 1 at Norfolk Navy Yard on May 1st 1911.

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Repair work pictured underway to the Basin sea wall at Brooklyn Navy Yard on April 1st 1915.

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Machias Class Gunboat USS Castine pictured alongside Gunboat USS Topeka at Portsmouth Navy Yard c 1900...Originally Topeka was laid down at Howaldtwerke Shipyards, Kiel as a Socrates Class Steamer, then purchased by Peru and transferred to Thames Ironworks for conversion to Peruvian Navy Unprotected Cruiser BAP Diogenes and completed in 1898, payment was not forthcoming so she was acquired by the USN and re-named Topeka. Topeka cleared Falmouth, on April 19th 1898 and arrived at Tompkinsville, New York, on May 1st 1898. The following day, she moved to Brooklyn Navy Yard to begin a two-month overhaul during which she received her armament and generally prepared for duty on the Cuban blockade. She was sold for breaking on May 13th 1930.

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Schematic for Sidewheel Steam Frigate USS Susquehanna in 1850.

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Armoured Cruiser USS Brooklyn pictured at League Island Navy Yard in 1893.

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Built in 1921, concrete Dry Dock No. 3 pictured at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard c1970.

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Dry Dock No. 2 pictured at Mare Island Navy Yard.