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The yard has its origins in a commercial shipyard founded in 1776 on Philadelphia 's Front Street on the Delaware River; it was designated an official United States Navy site in 1801. From 1812 until 1865, it was a large ship production center. The first ship launched to the water was the USS Franklin.
- 1,200 acres (490 ha)
- Robert E. Peary; Karcher & Smith
- 1917 (League Island Facility)
El Astillero Naval de Filadelfia (en inglés: " Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ") fue el primer astillero naval de los Estados Unidos. La Armada de los Estados Unidos redujo sus actividades en los años 1990, y finalizó muchas de ellas el 30 de septiembre de 1995. Poco después, parte oeste de este sitio se convirtió en un astillero comercial ...
Since the U.S. Navy closed the historic Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (PNSY) complex, the Navy Yard has reemerged as a magnet for new businesses, employment, and investment in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA: BIRTHPLACE OF THE U.S. NAVY (1776 – 1801)
New Jersey, constructed in the Philadelphia Navy Yard beginning in 1940, launched in 1942 and has been an attraction on the Camden waterfront since 2001. (Photograph by Rachel Craft) During World War II, the Philadelphia Navy Yard became a self-contained community, replete with its own sports leagues, bands, and newspaper.
The Navy Yard is a historic + evolving waterfront neighborhood in Philadelphia. 15k people, 150 companies, 20 acres of parks. Visit us!
In 1801, the Southwark yard became the location of the first Philadelphia Navy Yard. However, after the brief revival of shipbuilding during the Federalist era, Philadelphia maritime prominence fell on hard times.
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, formerly known as the Navy Yard, was the first naval shipyard in the United States. The original site of the shipyard (Federal Yard) was located on Federal Street along the Delaware River, but the facility was eventually moved due to overcrowded conditions and increasing urban development.
