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	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
		The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, formerly Navy Yard, was the first naval shipyard[?] of the United States.
		The yard was on League Island[?] in the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was originally established by the United States Navy in 1801.
		The Naval Aircraft Factory[?] was established there in 1917.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ph/Philadelphia_Naval_Yard.html (191 words)

	Naval Station Philadelphia
		With the closure of the Philadelphia Naval Station and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1995, SSES assumed responsibilities as "host activity" for the 24 activities remaining at the base.
		Naval Station Philadelphia was closed upon the reccomendation of the 1991 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC).
		The Philadelphia Naval Complex is located at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/philadelphia.htm (804 words)

	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1799 Congress authorized $522,678 in funds for the purchase of land to establish the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
		Forrestal arrived at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in September 1992 for her scheduled 14-month complex overhaul, but the overhaul was discontinued in March 1993 when the Forrestal was designated for decommissioning.
		Prior to closure the civilian employment in the shipyard was approximately 7,000 employees with an annual payroll of $263M.
	sudoremont.org.ua /dir/29.html (585 words)

	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
		Philadelphia NSY is on League Island in the Delaware River in Philadelphia.
		In 1917, the Naval Aircraft Factory was established on the island.
		The relocation was done as part of the lease arrangement between the Navy, the City of Philadelphia and Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard and as a result of BRAC-91.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/philadelphia_nsy.htm (2031 words)

	Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (KPSI) is a newly constructed, mid-sized shipyard located within America's mid-Atlantic region in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		In cooperation with the Philadelphia Shipyard Development Corporation (PSDC), Kvaerner revitalized a section of the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard with the financial support of the federal and local governments.
		Shipyard workers have undergone extensive training with the new equipment both here in Philadelphia and in Europe.
	www.sudoremont.org.ua /dir/14.html (221 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Workers cheered as the supercarrier was slowly eased from the dock and began its way to a new home port at Naval Station, Mayport, Fla. The overhaul, the largest and most extensive in the shipyard's 194-year history, also was the shipyard's last.
		Philadelphia Naval Shipyard is closing as a result of the base realignment and closure process.
		With the impending cessation of shipyard operations, the successful completion of this highly complex and challenging overhaul directly reflects the unfailing dedication of your employees to meet the needs of the fleet." There were ample reasons to be proud.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/kennedy/overhaul.txt (616 words)

	The Philadelphia Shipyard - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		PHILADELPHIA (BUSINESS WIRE)--07/15/2004--The MV Maunawili, the second ship to be built by Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (KPSI), will be christened at a shipyard ceremony this Saturday, July 17 at 4 p.m.
		Development of the shipyard is essentially complete, and the yard will reach its nominal operating capacity by the end of 2002.
		Shipyard workers have undergone extensive training with the new equipment both here in Philadelphia and on-site in Europe.
	www.philashipyard.com /news.htm (645 words)

	Asbestos Exposure at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard - Early, Ludwick, Sweeney and Strauss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Perhaps the oldest Naval Shipyard in the United States, the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, was established in 1801 and was originally located in the Southwark District of Philadelphia, about ninety miles inland from the mouth of the Delaware River.
		Despite growth, the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard did not provide the Navy with adequate support during the Civil War, and it was not until the turn of the century that vast construction improved the yard's diminishing status.
		The carrier was fully repaired by 1995, and the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard closed on September 27, 1996.
	www.elslaw.com /jobsites_pa_philadelphia.htm (515 words)

	19:0899(107)CA - Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Philadelphia Metal Trades Council -- 1985 FLRAdec CA
		The Shipyard (and it's employees) is situated at one facility, as opposed to being geographically dispersed.
		Accordingly, your request is denied." With respect to the physical layout of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and the Union's avenues of access to the unit employees, the record discloses that some 11,000 individuals are employed at the Shipyard which is approximately three and one-half by two miles in area.
		Upon receipt of such forms they shall be signed by the Commander, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and shall be posted and maintained by him for sixty (60) consecutive days thereafter, in conspicuous places, including all bulletin boards and other places where notices to employees are customarily posted.
	www.flra.gov /decisions/v19/19-107-3.html (3265 words)

	Defense-Related Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For example, the former Naval Complex Philadelphia was to be transferred to the city of Philadelphia for commercial use.
		One proposal for reuse involved redevelopment of a portion of the former Naval Shipyard as a commercial shipyard.
		Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc., on behalf of the Navy, retained JMA to prepare several of these products, including four Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) reports, two outdoor display panels, and a published history of the shipyard.
	www.johnmilnerassociates.com /defns_related_proj.htm (383 words)

	LAWSUIT REGARDING THE PHILADELPHIA NAVAL SHIPYARD (Senate - July 08, 1991)
		Philadelphia is one of only two Naval Shipyards operating in the fl with positive net operating results in the last two years.
		Additionally, the Base Closure Act entitles the plaintiffs to have the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard remain open and in operation unless and until it is determined, in accordance with the Base Closure Act, that the closure of the Shipyard is warranted.
		The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was not excluded from the base closure process by the BSC, although the five other naval stations which received identical or worse ratings were excluded from further review.
	www.fas.org /man/company/shipyard/910708-pnsy.htm (15179 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Football / Fields for Eagles, Steelers in good shape (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		PHILADELPHIA -- The only white on the field for Sunday's AFC and NFC championship games were numbers and hash marks.
		Lincoln Financial Field was clear of snow and looked to be in great condition for the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons, a day after the first big winter storm paralyzed the city.
		In Philadelphia, the field was heated to 70 degrees, a necessity with the kickoff temperature at 17 degrees.
	www.boston.com /sports/football/articles/2005/01/23/fields_for_eagles_steelers_in_good_shape (343 words)

	US EPA Region 3 HSCD: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Naval Complex, Current Site Information (NPL Pad)
		The Philadelphia Naval Complex is located 4 miles south of center city Philadelphia on 1,455 acres, with 348 acres the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and the remainder the Philadelphia Naval Base.
		The facility is bounded by the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and the City of Philadelphia.
		A Finding of Suitability to Transfer (FOST) was signed for the Naval Hospital in July, 1998, a FOST was signed for the 1,100 acre naval station property (exclusive of the shipyard and Girard Point Area) in August, 1998, and a FOST was signed for the Naval Shipyard property in December, 1998.
	www.epa.gov /reg3hwmd/npl/PA4170022418.htm (786 words)

	[No title]
		Approximately 7000 nonsupervisory, ungraded employees of the Shipyard are in a collective bargaining unit represented by the Philadelphia Metal Trades Council (union) (App., infra, 2a).
		The Shipyard commander denied the request on the ground that the union had adequate, effective means already available to accomplish the objective of communication and feedback (ibid.).
		On September 24, 1984, the ALJ issued a recommended decision and order requiring disclosure of the employees' home addresses, concluding that the home addresses are necessary for the union to carry out its representational responsibilities and that the other means available to communicate with the employees are not adequate (id. at 30a-44a).
	www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1988/sg880433.txt (1863 words)

	15:0026(7)CA - Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Navy and IFPTE Local 3; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Navy and Philadelphia ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Upon receipt of such forms, they shall be signed by the Shipyard Commander, or his designee, and shall be posted for 60 consecutive days thereafter in conspicuous places, including all bulletin boards and other places where notices to employees are customarily posted.
		Approximately 30,000 employees are engaged at the Naval Base in Philadelphia, PA. Of this amount, about 10,600 individuals are employed by the Respondent, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, which is a tenant activity.
		This is in accord with the delegation by the Commander of the Naval Base of responsibility for administering and enforcing traffic regulations to the Commander of the Naval Shipyard.
	www.flra.gov /decisions/v15/15-007-3.html (3557 words)

	[No title]
		She arrived at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard soon thereafter and, from 1 November to 17 December, underwent post-shakedown repairs and alterations before s he returned to Pensacola two days before Christmas, where she resumed her regular schedule of pilot qualification training under the operational control of the Chief of Naval Air Training, Commander Air Atlantic.
		Wright was overhauled at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard from 31 July to 21 November and then conducted refresher training in Cuban waters from 4 January to 16 February 1954.
		After shifting to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., on 17 October, for the final phase of preservation for inactivation, Wright was decommissioned at Puget Sound on 15 March 1956 and assigned to the Bremerton group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cvl49.htm (1687 words)

	The Philadelphia Shipyard - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Construction of the yard is nearing completion on the site of the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and ownership of the Shipyard property was officially transferred to the Philadelphia Shipyard Development Corporation on April 1, 2000.
		Ship #1 is being be used as an on-the-job training vessel for the current workforce of 200 trainees, nearly half of which are former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard workers.
		Philadelphia CV2600, will have an overall length of 217 meters, a beam of 32.2 meters, and a deadweight of 30,000 tons.
	www.philashipyard.com /stories/ship.htm (355 words)

	32:0417(63)AR - - Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Philadelphia MTC - - 1988 FLRAdec AR - - v32 p417
		This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to the supplemental award of Arbitrator Kinard Lang filed by Counsel for the Union (the Union) under section 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) and part 2425 of the Authority's Rules and Regulations.
		On August 13, 1987, the Authority found that the portion of the Arbitrator's award which limited the backpay of the two grievants to straight-time compensation was deficient because it did not include overtime pay.
		The Authority modified the award to provide that the two grievants be paid backpay at appropriate straight-time and overtime rates consistent with applicable law, regulations and the parties' contract.
	www.flra.gov /decisions/v32/32-063-4.html (1649 words)

	Philly shipyard gets contract for 10 tankers (phillyBurbs.com) \| Pennsylvania News
		PHILADELPHIA - Art Boker and Leroy Sterling lost their jobs when the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard closed a decade ago.
		Company officials say the contract will make the shipyard the most prolific oceangoing commercial builder in the country, christening more vessels than it has since World War II, when it was one of the Navy's largest and busiest shipbuilders.
		And after years of hearing "shipyard gossip" that the yard was an albatross that Kvaerner would shed, none have gotten too comfortable.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-04142005-476308.html (613 words)

	Shipwrecks - Time Capsules of Human Civilization : Philadelphia's Rich Nautical History - Part V Philadelphia Naval Yard
		Despite the extraordinary tale of the Philadelphia Experiment aside, the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was the first Naval Shipyard commissioned in the United States.
		The Naval Aircraft Factory was re-designated the Naval Air Material Center in 1943, and became the Naval Air Engineering Center in 1963.
		Even though Kvaerner is actively involved in maintaining and running the shipyard, you can still see over 50 mothballed Navy vessels lining the northernmost docks of their shipyard within full view of Interstate 95.
	shipwreck.blogs.com /shipwrecks_historical_tim/2005/04/philadelphias_r_2.html (776 words)

	USN Ships--USS Oregon City (CA-122)
		Commissioned in mid-February 1946, she shook down in the Caribbean area, then was generally stationed at Philadelphia and Boston over the next year, going to sea in October for a two week Naval Reserve training cruise to Bermuda.
		Upon her return to the U.S., she went to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard to prepare for decommissioning, which took place in December 1947.
		Photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 17 September 1947, but her two-tone Measure 22 camouflage scheme indicates that the photo was taken when she was first completed.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-o/ca122.htm (796 words)

	The Aircraft Carrier Saratoga: What Went Wrong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This was reverse Abscam, reverse Watergate, reverse Rocky.
		A lot of the ship's force were strange kids, guys from landlocked states in the South or the Midwest, and a lot of them would stop their car for you if you even hinted you were about to step off the curb at mid-block.
		ON JUNE 26, 1983, A DElegation of military and civilian brass from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard met briefly in the lounge of the Jacksonville, Fla., airport.
	www.webandwire.com /philadelphia_inquirer.htm (6528 words)

	[No title]
		Jerome A. Snyder, Norfolk Naval Shipyard Detachment, Department of the Navy, Philadelphia, PA, appearing for Department of the Navy.
		Claimant, Charles T. Loverdi, a former employee of the closed Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (PNSY), has filed a claim seeking to have the Government purchase his home in the Philadelphia area under the Guaranteed Homesale Service (GHS) of the Defense Relocation Service for Employees (DRSE) program.
		Claimant received priority consideration for vacancies outside the Philadelphia area, and he was placed in the Public Works Center at the Washington Navy Yard.[foot #] 1 Claimant's travel orders in connection with his permanent change of station from Philadelphia to the Washington Navy Yard were issued on September 12, 1995.
	www.gsbca.gsa.gov /relo/r1423227.txt (970 words)

	Hurricane Havens Handbook for the North Atlantic Ocean (U) UNCLASSIFIED (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The U.S. Naval Base/Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, at the confluence of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers.
		Naval piers and wharves at the Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia.
		Probability that a tropical cyclone will pass within 180 n mi of Philadelphia (shaded circle), and approximate time to reach closest point of approach, during July and August (based on data from 1871-1979).
	pao.cnmoc.navy.mil /pao/Heavyweather/tr8203nc/philadel/text/lof.htm (306 words)

	Sea Leopard
		Next came training exercises in the Key West area until late 1948, when she entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for a Guppy II modernization.
		From December 1950 to April 1951, Sea Leopard was undergoing overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
		The submarine entered the Portsmouth (N.H.) Naval Shipyard in October for a six-month overhaul.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s8/sea_leopard.htm (905 words)

	San Jacinto (CVL-30) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She arrived at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard soon thereafter and, from 1 November to 17 December, underwent post-shakedown repairs and alterations before she returned to Pensacola two days before Christmas, where she resumed her regular schedule of pilot qualification training under the operational control of the Chief of Naval Air Training, Commander Air Atlantic.
		However, she never served in that role, but remained inactive until 15 March 1962, when she was taken to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for conversion to a command ship and reclassified as CC-2.
		Regular overhauls performed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard saw the ship receiving the repairs and alterations that continually improved her capabilities to carry out her task.
	www.worldwar2database.com /~ironwomn/wright.html (1577 words)

	Joseph Ricciardi's Home Page
		I was born and raised in and around the Philadelphia area.
		I was a machinist at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for several years earlier in my life (I worked in the Numerical Control Department).
		I'd like to greet all of my 'Philly Shipyard' friends (and Government workers who are not from the Shipyard as well).
	members.aol.com /ricciaje (172 words)

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