Tag: Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia PA)

Wikipedia says: The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was the first United States Navy shipyard and was historically important for nearly two centuries.

Construction of the original Philadelphia Naval Shipyard began during the American Revolution in 1776 at Front and Federal Streets in what is now the Pennsport section of Philadelphia. In 1871, it was replaced by a new, much larger yard developed around facilities on League Island, at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.

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. This event was watched by more than 50,000 spectators. The rapid development of other shipbuilding companies pledged Philadelphia to improve production processes. This was the first shipyard in the world to use floating dry docks in the building process to improve an operating time of the ships.