Charlestown Navy Yard Boston National Historical Park Massachusetts Produced by the Division of Publications National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, DC [Illustration: U.S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor] Contents Part 1 The Making of a Navy 6 Prologue 9 Growth of the Yard 11 The Coming of Iron and Steam 29 The New Navy 45 The Yard Transformed 63 Part 2 Visiting Charlestown Navy Yard 78 _Deep within Boston Harbor, Charlestown Navy Yard was birthplace, repair center, outfitting base, and port of refuge for thousands of U.S. naval vessels. This is the story of the yard, the ships it served, and the people who kept them seaworthy._ [Illustration: _Boston Harbor; about 1870. Visible in the foreground are Charlestown Navy Yard’s timber dock_ (left) _and dry dock_ (center left, with docked vessel). _The ships anchored off the navy yard piers are_ (left) _U.S.S._ Ohio, _the yard’s receiving ship (for housing recruits and sailors transferring between vessels), and U.S.S._ Wabash _“in ordinary” (that is, out of commission and in storage)._] Part 1 The Making of a Navy [Illustration: _In 1803, U.S.S._ Constitution _was careened at a Boston wharf for recoppering before sailing for the Mediterranean to confront the Barbary States._] [Illustration: U.S. Naval Shipyards]