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The Brooklyn Navy Yard (NY) (Images of America) | 
 enlarge | Author: Thomas F. Berner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 843472
Media: Paperback
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0738556955
Dewey Decimal Number: 974
EAN: 9780738556956
ASIN: 0738556955
Publication Date: November 15, 1999
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Not much larger than a few city blocks (219 acres, plus 72 acres of water), the Brooklyn Navy Yard is one of the most historically significant sites in America. It was one of the U.S. Navy's major shipbuilding and repair yards from 1801 to 1966. It produced more than 80 warships and hundreds of smaller vessels. At its height during World War II, it worked around the clock, employing some 70,000 people. The yard built the Monitor, the world's first modern warship; the Maine, whose destruction set off the Spanish-American War; the Arizona, whose sinking launched America into World War II; and the Missouri, on whose deck World War II ended. On June 25, 1966, the flag at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was lowered for the last time and the 165-year-old institution ceased to exist. Sold to the City of New York for $22.4 million, the yard became a site for storage of vehicles, some light industry, and a modest amount of civilian ship repair.
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Special History Captured in Words and Pictures July 5, 2000
George Hammond (Orinda, CA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Mr. Berner's fascination with military and business history in the 19th century are combined here in a lucid account of the gradual growth of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The hardships undergone to produce what were then hi-tech weapons of war are also made clear. Although the pictures appear to dominate the telling of this tale, the explanations Mr. Berner provides make the stories each picture tells come alive for the reader.A fine accomplishment and quite an interesting book for those enthralled by either New York City's history or American military history.
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