Author: Philadelphia (Pa.). Councils. Joint Special Committee on Condition of League Islands and SurroundingsPublisher:
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
League Island Navy Yard
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.). Councils. Joint Special Committee on Condition of League Islands and SurroundingsPublisher:
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled "Advantages of League Island for a Naval Station," "by a New England Man"
Author: New London Navy Yard CommitteePublisher:
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Category : Charter-parties
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
League Island as a Navy Yard and Naval Depot
Author: Thomas Sargent FernonPublisher:
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Category : Navy-yards and naval stations
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
League Island Navy-Yard
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
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Category : Defense spending
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Report of the Board of Officers appointed to decide between League Island and New London, for a Naval Station, etc. (Oct. 24th, 1862.).
Author: United States. Navy DeptPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
League Island Navy Yard. May 23, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval AffairsPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
The League Island Navy Yard
Author: William LudlowPublisher:
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Category : Shipbuilding industry
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Songs of the Boys at League Island Navy Yard, Etc
Author: League Island Navy Yard (PHILADELPHIA)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
League Island Navy Yard Scrapbook
Author: Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Author: Joseph-James AhernPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738590240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The first government-owned navy yard in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the nation and the largest city in the young republic, was started with two docks in 1798. The area was enlarged and shipbuilding at this site increased, notably during the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The yard's area was not dramatically increased, however, until the federal government purchased the 800-acre League Island and closed the former facility in 1868. The golden age of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard came during World War II, when it built fifty-three ships and converted or overhauled some twelve hundred more. Workers at the yard numbered seventy thousand at its peak. After the 1970s, however, shipbuilding was discontinued. The yard continued to serve its country through the modernization of existing craft, but it was closed by the government in 1990 and officially decommissioned in 1996.