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	New York Navy Yard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY), also known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the New York Navy Yard and United States Navy Yard, New York, is located 1.7 miles northeast of the Battery on the Brooklyn side of the East River in Wallabout Basin, a semicircular bend of the East River.
		The Navy Yard was established by the federal government in 1801.
		The Yard has three piers, owned by the City of New York and operated by Seatrain Shipbuilding and Coastal Drydock and Repair Corporation, and a total of 10 berths ranging from 350 to 890 feet long, with ten-foot deck height and 25 to 40 feet (7 to 12 meters) of depth alongside.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brooklyn_Navy_Yard (415 words)

	Washington Navy Yard History
		The Washington Navy Yard is the U.S. Navy's oldest shore establishment, in operation since the first decade of the 19th century.
		The Washington Navy Yard was established on 2 October 1799, the date the property was transferred to the Navy.
		The yard was built under the direction of Benjamin Stoddert, the first Secretary of the Navy, under the supervision of the yard's first commandant, Commodore Thomas Tingey, who would serve in that capacity for 29 years.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq52-1.htm (1119 words)

	Navy Yard
		The one in Charlestown became the Boston Navy Yard.
		His best-known building is the Ropewalk which, from 1837 until the yard was closed more than a hundred years later, manufactured most of the cordage used by Navy ships ranging in size from destroyer escorts to aircraft carriers.
		The yard's role in repairing and supplying vessels of the Navy continued to expand during the Spanish-American War and World War I. The large number of convoy escorts required by the allies to protect merchant shipping from German submarines and Boston's strategic location gave the yard an important repair responsibility.
	www.charlestownonline.net /navyyard.htm (823 words)

	Navy Yard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Established in 1800, Charlestown Navy Yard served the fleet with distinction--especially proving its worth in each of the nation's wars--until its closing in 1974.
		From its inception the yard was in the forefront of shipyard technology, from building the Navy's only ropewalk to making itself a center of missile and electronics conversions.
		The ranger-guided walking tour explores the yard's 174 years of history by taking visitors past such sites as the Chain Forge, where die-lock anchor chain was first manufactured; the Ropewalk, a quarter-mile long building designed by famed architect Alexander Parris; and Dry Dock 1, one of the first two dry docks constructed in the nation.
	www.nps.gov /bost/Navy_Yard.htm (481 words)

	Historic Washington Navy Yard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The Washington Navy Yard, authorized by the first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, in 1799, is the U.S. Navy's oldest shore establishment.
		It became clear the Washington Navy Yard could not be defended and Captain Thomas Tingey, the Yard's Commandant, with the concurrence of the President and the Secretary of the Navy, ordered the Yard burned.
		Today the Washington Navy Yard continues to be the "Quarterdeck of the Navy" and serves as the Headquarters for the Naval District Washington.
	www.ndw.navy.mil /NavyYard/History.html (1073 words)

	Navy-Yard-Org
		Assistant Secretary of the Navy, who was charged with the general administrative control of the material and personnel activities of all naval shore establishments, as well as supervising the preparation of departmental estimates for the navy's Budget Officer, which in turn the Secretary of the Navy submitted to the Bureau of the Budget.
		The history of the civil service in the navy yards can be found in the early sections of these pages: (1), for the trades workers; (2), for everyone else, administrative and professional.
		To increase navy yard security all workers had their pictures taken for ID badges, and as a final rite they had to swear a oath as to the veracity of their application and their willingness to abide by all civil service regulations.
	www.columbia.edu /~jrs9/Navy-Yard-Org.html (4054 words)

	Working at Washington Navy Yard - Early, Ludwick, Sweeney and Strauss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The land for the Washington Navy Yard (WNY) was purchased under an act of 23 July, 1798, with additional lots being purchased in 1801.
		The yard was rapidly pieced together again after the departure of the British on 29 August, but it never fully regained the stature it formerly had.
		Dahlgren's long attachment to the yard and his role in its development were recognized in 1863 by the naming of the new foundry in his honor and the burial in its wall of the leg lost by his son, Col. Ulric Dahlgren, following the Battle of Gettysburg.
	www.elslaw.com /jobsites_dc_washingtonnavy.htm (1376 words)

	Navy Museum Celebrates 40th Anniversary
		030421-N-0000X-001 Washington Navy Yard (Apr. 21, 2003) -- The Navy Museum is celebrating its 40th anniversary and the legacy of past naval museums with a new exhibit called, “Spanning Three Centuries: Museums on the Washington Navy Yard.” This anniversary exhibit highlights images and artifacts from the Navy’s original collection and its early museums.
		The modern Navy Museum is the largest American museum to chronicle the history of the U.S. Navy from its creation to the present.
		The Navy Museum is the U.S. Navy’s flagship museum located on the Washington Navy Yard.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=6910 (497 words)

	US EPA REGION 3 - U.S. NAVY, EPA AGREE ON CLEANUP OF OLDEST NAVY YARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The Washington Navy Yard occupies approximately 64 acres in southeast Washington.
		The Washington Navy Yard was officially opened on October 2, 1799.
		Navy employees located in leased space in the D.C. area will be relocated to the Navy Yard under provisions of the Base Realignment and Closing Act.
	www.epa.gov /region03/r3press/pr97-294.htm (501 words)

	USS Navy Yard
		Navy Yard (YFB-8) was built as Steam Cutter No. 291 by Norfolk Navy Yard in 1901 and placed in service the same year.
		Serving as a ferry between Norfolk and various naval installations in and arolmd Hampton Roads, Virginia, the ferry was named Navy Yard in 1908 and continued her operations there until December 1922 when she was ordered to the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia.
		Navy Yard was struck from the Navy Register 12 July and sold shortly thereafter to a local scrap company.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/yacht/navyyard.html (134 words)

	Brooklyn Navy Yard (1)
		The commandant's house, oldest structure in the yard, built in 1807, is near the foot of Navy Street at the river.
		The Navy Yard District, spreading south and west of the yard from the East River, is a shapeless grotesque neighborhood, its grimy cobblestone thoroughfares filled with flophouses, crumbling tenements and greasy restaurants.
		Sands Street is the principal thoroughfare, extending westward from the Navy Yard to the head of Brooklyn Bridge.
	www.brooklyn.net /neighborhoods/navy_yard_01.html (878 words)

	Asbestos Exposure at Brooklyn Navy Shipyard - Early, Ludwick, Sweeney and Strauss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		In 1801 the Secretary of the Navy authorized the purchase of the yard, henceforth establishing the New York Navy Yard.
		In the 1900s the yard, known by its workers and neighbors as the "Brooklyn Navy Yard", drew from the vast population pool of the New York metropolitan area.
		Due to the hostilities abroad, the yard's workforce increased to 22,000, and at this point the yard was valued at $300 million.
	www.elslaw.com /jobsites_ny_brooklyn.htm (873 words)

	Satan's Laundromat: Brooklyn Navy Yard
		The Brooklyn Navy Yard (THE YARD), (Y) is situated at the center of the City, and accessible from every direction, by water, air and land.
		After a glorious past and historic events of two centuries, the Brooklyn Navy Yard became a scrap heap of old buildings and machinery Since the US Government in 1966 gave it to the New York City, the Yard, despite some half hearted efforts, is a financial drain on the city's finances.
		The Navy Yard has long rich history, but that history is largely working class, which is why I suppose most people who would want an Agora wouldn't give two shits about it, or the fact that that history continues.
	www.satanslaundromat.com /sl/archives/000527.html (3374 words)

	Real Estate Weekly: Brooklyn Navy yard a model for future conversions - conversion from military to civilian use - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The Yard is home to a diversity of over 200 companies, occupying a range of space from 500 to 50,000 square-feet and employing over 3,300 workers.
		A fruitless effort as well, finally the Navy Yard was able to secure a large single tenant, Coastal Dry Dock, that alone occupied nearly a third of the Yard (1.3 million square-feet) and accounted for 50 percent of the Yard's revenue.
		Finally, the fourth lesson gained from the Navy Yard's years of experience is that although military facilities in transition may not require huge amounts of funds up-front for start-up, such facilities will need to commit to investments over a long period of time.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_n25_v40/ai_14802596 (1033 words)

	The Philadelphia Navy Yard \| Dorwart, Jeffery M.. With Jean K. Wolf
		The yard was the site for the organization of a Navy Department, the Navy shore establishment, and the construction of the 44-gun frigate United States, the first American warship to be launched under the naval provisions of the Constitution.
		As the Navy converted its ships from sail to steam in the mid-nineteenth century, the Philadelphia Navy Yard was a leader in naval innovation, particularly the development of the screw propeller.
		Following the war, the yard continued to serve as a vital part of the Navy shore establishment, refurbishing and modernizing vessels as well as maintaining a large reserve fleet.
	www.upenn.edu /pennpress/book/13441.html (470 words)

	History of Oldest and Most Historic Navy Shore Establishment Now Available (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		In the succeeding 50 years, the Navy has been increasingly concentrating its Washington-area commands and activities at the Yard, so a new history was required to give the modern reader a better understanding of its 200-year anniversary.
		During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Washington Navy Yard was the symbol of the U.S. Navy in the nation’s capital.
		During the mid 19th century, the Yard took on the major naval ordnance development and construction role it was to hold for almost a century, and it became known as the naval gun factory.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=5827 (607 words)

	28:1022(132)CA - Navy and Washington Navy Yard and Washington Area MTC -- 1987 FLRAdec CA
		The Respondents contend that although it is the position of the Department of the Navy that our decision on remand in Farmers Home is incorrect as a matter of law, the Navy Yard was not compelled to adhere to this position in a mandatory, nondiscretionary manner.
		Therefore, the Respondents assert that the Respondent Department of the Navy did not interfere with the bargaining relationship existing between the Navy Yard and the MTC and thus did not violate the Statute.
		The General Counsel argues that the Respondent Department of the Navy should be held to have violated section 7116(a)(1), (5), and (8) by directing the Navy Yard to refuse the MTC's request and thereby interfering with the bargaining relationship between the MTC and the Navy Yard.
	www.flra.gov /decisions/v28/28-132-3.html (1565 words)

	Real Estate Weekly: Brisk activity at Navy yard. (New York's Brookl... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		In an indication of continued strong leasing activity, the Brooklyn Navy Yard received seven new tenants during the first quarter of 1994, it was announced by Elizabeth Colon, president of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC).
		Further revitalizing the New Yard 's maritime activities, Eastern Technical Enterprises, a Virginia-based ship building and ship repair company with operations at the Navy Yard, has been awarded a $9.4 million contract to restore and convert the Harkhess to a nautical school for the Maine Maritime Academy.
		With 4.3 million square feet of usable space, the Navy Yard is home of over 200 enterprises ranging in size from 500 to 50,000 square feet and employing over 3,300 workers.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:15481932&refid=holomed_1 (914 words)

	US EPA Region 3 HSCD: District of Columbia, Washington Navy Yard
		The Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) between the Navy Yard, District of Columbia, and EPA was signed on June 30, 1999.
		The Navy Yard is designated as a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) gaining facility because employees have already begun moving into the facility.
		The view of the Navy is that there are no areas of concern located in the BRAC areas, except for site 6, the incinerator area, which was handled as a removal action during the Summer of 1998.
	www.epa.gov /reg3hwmd/npl/DC9170024310.htm (1028 words)

	Navy Band History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Based at the historic Washington (D.C.) Navy Yard, the organization features a concert-ceremonial unit and four distinct specialty units--the "Sea Chanters" chorus (1956), the "Commodores" jazz ensemble (1969), the "Country Current" country-bluegrass group (1973), and the "Cruisers" rock ensemble (1999).
		The new unit became known as the "Washington Navy Yard Band" and was given rehearsal space near the power plant's coal pile.
		The increasing tempo of the band's duties led the bandmaster to seek more suitable quarters in the yard's "Sail Loft," and sailmakers were soon cutting and stitching their canvas to the rhythms of the music.
	www.navyband.navy.mil /history.htm (328 words)

	Boston Navy Yard / Charlestown Navy Yard
		In 1960 the yard included a marine railway, four graving docks, two shipways, 161 buildings, and 21 miles of railroad track leading to 24 piers.
		In 1950, the yard began converting destroyers and destroyer escorts for radar picket duty.
		Charlestown, Massachusetts, is the site of one of six navy yards established during the American Revolution to build warships for the United States.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/charlestown.htm (1042 words)

	Navy Region Northeast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Due to a lack of federal funding, it was not until 1872 that two brick buildings and a "T" shaped pier were constructed and officially declared a Navy Yard.
		This new yard was primarily used as a coaling station by Atlantic Fleet small craft.
		As homeport to sixteen attack submarines and neighbor to a major submarine construction yard, all Officers and most Enlisted submariners will be stationed here for training and perhaps a tour onboard an attack submarine or with a pre-commissioning crew while their new submarine is under construction.
	www.cnrne.navy.mil /alist/subase/newlond.htm (332 words)

	Shoot: Brooklyn Navy Yard deck is reshuffled - development into a movie studio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Giuliani said the decision to go with the Steiner Equities group was made by the board of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which concluded that the terms of the deal with the Steiner Equities group would be sweeter and swifter than the deal with the group led by Miramax and Tribeca.
		They said they became involved with the Navy Yard at the invitation of Mayor Giuliani and "were shocked and perplexed that the Mayor announced a deal with a new developer." The triumvirate contended that they agreed to the initial Navy Yard announcement because they believed their participation was on terra firma.
		After looking at the Navy Yard property and considering the demand for soundstages in the New York area, Steiner Equities made a commitment to the project.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0DUO/is_42_40/ai_57796020 (875 words)

	Real Estate Weekly: Brooklyn Navy Yard attracts small businesses. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Continuing a trend that has seen creative industries flock to the Brooklyn Navy Yard industrial park, five new businesses that are driven by the inventive talents of the entrepreneurs that founded them have leased space in the Navy Yard, it was announced by Elizabeth Colon, president of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation.
		The Brooklyn Navy Yard, once one of the largest military facilities in America, was converted to a civilian industrial complex in the mid-1960s.
		With 4.3 million square feet of usable space, the Navy Yard is home to more than 200 enterprises ranging in size from 500 to 50,000 square feet.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:16762441&refid=holomed_1 (603 words)

	NDW and City Officials Welcome NAVSEA to the Washington Navy Yard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Washington Navy Yard is the first and oldest naval shore facility.
		In the early years of the nation, the Navy Yard was the nation's largest shipbuilding facility.
		Washington Navy Yard is also home to the official history program of the Navy, which includes the Navy Museum, Navy Art Collection, Navy Department Library and ArchivesMarine Corps Historical Center and the ex-USS Barry (DD 933), a display ship open to the public.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/seaservices/6_10/local_news (542 words)

	Mike Kamber Brooklyn Navy Yard Photographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The photos and interviews you see are part of an ongoing project documenting the lives of the inhabitants of Vinegar Hill, Dumbo and Farragut, the three neighborhoods that once made up the Navy Yard District in Brooklyn, New York.
		The Navy Yard District also figures in the history of gay New York.
		And the former Navy Yard District continues to evolve.
	www.bklynxbronx.com /navyyard/navymoreinfo.html (1239 words)

	New York Daily News - Boroughs - Sea change for Navy Yard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Nearly two centuries after the yard was born, Mayor Bloomberg and others yesterday unveiled sweeping new plans to overhaul the creaking, 300-acre waterfront industrial park.
		The new plan calls for building 560,000 square feet of industrial, manufacturing and commercial space in the yard's western district, mostly by shrinking an NYPD tow pound at the corner of Sands and Navy Sts.
		The Navy Yard announcement was attended by Brooklyn City Councilmembers Letitia James and Al Vann, as well as Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, who praised plans to target Fort Greene and the surrounding Farragut, Ingersoll and Walt Whitman Houses for job outreach.
	www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/212196p-182761c.html (476 words)

	NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		It was in this yard that the partly burned steam frigate USS MERRIMACK was converted by the Confederates into the CSS VIRGINIA.
		The first aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy's history, the USS LANGLEY, was converted here between 1919 and 1922 from the collier USS JUPITER.
		The yard's employment peak of nearly 43,000 workers was reached during World War II when the yard built nearly 30 major vessels and repaired 6,850 U.S. and Allied ships.
	www.nnsy1.navy.mil /History/HISTORY.HTM (627 words)

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