Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

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The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was one of the United States Navy’s oldest and most important shipbuilding and repair facilities, located at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers in Philadelphia.

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instanceOf United States Navy installation
naval shipyard
alsoKnownAs Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
surface form: Philadelphia Naval Business Center

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
surface form: Philadelphia Navy Yard
area approximately 1,200 acres
constructedVessel USS New Jersey
surface form: USS New Jersey (BB-62)

USS New York (BB-34)
USS Washington (BB-56)
USS Wisconsin
surface form: USS Wisconsin (BB-64)

numerous cruisers
numerous destroyers
country United States of America
currentName The Navy Yard
dateOfOfficialClosureAsNavyBase 1996
employedDuringPeak over 40,000 workers
hasFacility administrative buildings
dry docks
foundries
machine shops
piers
hasTransportationAccess Interstate 95
Philadelphia International Airport nearby
hasUse logistics support
ship overhaul
ship repair
shipbuilding
heritageStatus contains historic naval industrial structures
inception 1801
locatedAtConfluenceOf Delaware River
Schuylkill River
locatedIn Delaware River
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
locatedInMetropolitanArea Delaware Valley
operatedBy United States Navy
ownedBy United States Navy
partOf United States Navy shipbuilding program
playedRole major naval construction center during World War II
major ship repair facility during World War II
postClosureUse commercial space
industrial park
office campus
research and development facilities
relocatedToLeagueIsland 1871
repairedVessel USS Forrestal (CV-59)
USS Saratoga
surface form: USS Saratoga (CV-3)

numerous aircraft carriers
numerous battleships
significantEvent Base Realignment and Closure 1991 decision
conversion to mixed‑use industrial and commercial campus
timeOfEmploymentPeak World War II

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USS New Jersey builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
USS Wisconsin builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
USS Minneapolis (CA-36) builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
USS Washington (BB-56) builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
USS Wichita (CA-45) builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
USS Guerriere builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia Navy Yard (south end) partOf Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Navy Yard
USS Washington (BB-47) scrappedAt Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Navy Yard
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial vesselBuilder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard alsoKnownAs Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard alsoKnownAs Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Naval Business Center
BB-62 builtAt Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
BB-62 hasBuilder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
BB-64 builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
USCGC Taney builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Navy Yard
USS Guam builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard