New York Naval Shipyard

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United States Navy installation historic district naval shipyard

The New York Naval Shipyard, also known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was a major United States Navy shipbuilding and repair facility in Brooklyn, New York, that played a key role in constructing warships from the early 19th through the mid-20th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New York Naval Shipyard canonical 8
New York Navy Yard 8

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy installation ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
naval shipyard ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ
area about 300 acres ⓘ
builtShip USS Arizona (BB-39) ⓘ
USS Connecticut (BB-18) ⓘ
USS Iowa ⓘ
surface form: USS Iowa (BB-61)

USS Kearsarge ⓘ
surface form: USS Kearsarge (BB-5)

USS Maine (ACR-1) ⓘ
USS Missouri ⓘ
surface form: USS Missouri (BB-63)

USS North Carolina (BB-55) ⓘ
numerous auxiliary vessels ⓘ
numerous cruisers ⓘ
numerous destroyers ⓘ
closed 1966 ⓘ
constructionStart 1801 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentManager Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
governedBy Bureau of Yards and Docks ⓘ
Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Navy Department
hasFacility dry docks ⓘ
foundries ⓘ
machine shops ⓘ
power plant ⓘ
timber basins ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York (state)

New York City ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood Wallabout Bay ⓘ
locatedOn East River ⓘ
notableEra American Civil War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
opened 1806 ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
peakEmployment over 70,000 workers during World War II ⓘ
postClosureUse commercial offices ⓘ
film and television production facilities ⓘ
industrial park ⓘ
manufacturing center ⓘ
primaryFunction ship repair ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
role key Atlantic Fleet shipbuilding center ⓘ
major industrial employer in Brooklyn ⓘ
significance major U.S. naval shipbuilding and repair facility from early 19th to mid-20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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BB-43 → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Tennessee
New York-class battleship → shipBuilder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Navy Yard
USS Iowa → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
USS Pensacola (CA-24) → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Navy Yard
USS New Orleans (CA-32) → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Navy Yard
USS Honolulu (CL-48) → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Navy Yard
USS Helena (CL-50) → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Navy Yard
USS North Carolina (BB-55) → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
USS New Mexico (BB-40) → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Navy Yard
Midway-class aircraft carrier → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
Navy hull number BB-43 → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Tennessee (BB-43)
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
USS Independence (CV-62) → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
USS New York (BB-34) → homePort → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Navy Yard
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt → builder → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
Stephen B. Luce → workLocation → New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Navy Yard