Oct 25, 2021 · During the American Revolution, British forces occupying New York City moored their prison ships containing American prisoners of war in Wallabout Bay, near the Brooklyn waterfront. Less than 20 years later, on 23 February 1801, the federal government purchased 41.93 acres of waterfront land in this same area of Wallabout Bay for $40,000. It contained an operational private shipyard, with a ...

Brooklyn returned to the New York Navy Yard the following day, and completed exercises and an availability at the Norfolk Navy Yard in preparation for her role in Operation Torch—the invasion of Vichy French-held North Africa. The warship recorded her aircraft complement as a pair of SOC-2s and a trio of SON-1s of VCS-8 as she readied for battle.

During the American Revolution, the Battle of Long Island was fought on land that now constitutes Brooklyn, and the New York Navy Yard was established on its waterfront in 1801. II The second Brooklyn (CA-3) (Armored Cruiser Number 3), was a first rate armored cruiser launched 2 October 1895 by William Cramp and Sons and Engine Building Company ...

The Brooklyn Naval Station, as it was termed in 1831. Note the large building sheds which permit the shipwrights to work during the winter. Description: Courtesy of Ensign Eugene Dubois, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 8 April 1934.

USS Arizona (BB-39), a Pennsylvania-class battleship, was built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, and was commissioned in October 1916, serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean areas until 1921 when she was based in Southern California. Modernized in 1929-31 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, she returned to the Pacific after transporting President Herbert Hoover to ...

Jun 29, 2015 · Brooklyn was in the task force that arrived off Ft. Fisher on 13 January 1865, and her guns supported the attack until the fort surrendered on the 15th. Since this victory completed the last major task of the Union Navy during the Civil War, Brooklyn sailed north and was decommissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 31 January 1865.

Collection Photo # UA 478.16.01 - Cutlery & Chinaware Department Office, Fleet Supply Base, Brooklyn, New York 1918/1919

Lead ship of her class, USS Iowa (BB-61), was commissioned at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, on February 22, 1943. Following the transport of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to and from the Casablanca Conference at French Morocco, in January 1943, she spent the rest of World War II in the Pacific, participating in the Marshall and Mariana Islands Campaigns; Okinawa Campaign; and the ...

Commodore Arent S. Crowninshield, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to Commodore Francis M. Bunce, Commandant, Brooklyn Navy Yard March 28, 1898. S i r: The following names have been assigned to the vessels recently purchased by the Government,1 and now fitting out at the yard under your command: Y a c h t s. ALICIA HORNET2 ALMY EAGLE3 HERMIONE HAWK4 COLUMBIA WASP5 T u g s. E.F. LUCKENBACK ...

Sep 12, 2017 · The fifth New York (Battleship No. 34) was laid down on 11 September 1911 at Brooklyn, N.Y., by the New York Navy Yard; launched on 30 October 1912; sponsored by Miss Elsie Calder; and commissioned at her building yard on 15 April 1914, Capt. Thomas S. …