National Park Handbooks are published to promote understanding and enjoyment of more than 360 National Park System sites representing our natural and cultural heritage. The handbooks are sold at parks and can be purchased by mail from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. _Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data_ Charlestown Navy Yard: Boston National Historical Park, Massachusetts. p. cm.—(Official National Park handbook; 152) Includes index. Supt. of Docs. no.: I29.9/5:152 ISBN 0-912627-60-3 1. Boston Naval Shipyard (Boston, Mass.)—History. 2. Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)—History. I. United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications. II. Series: Handbook (United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications); 152. VA70.B68C48 1995 359.7’09744’61—dc20 95-12868 CIP [Illustration: _1840 view of Charlestown Navy Yard by George Curtis depicts the shiphouses that covered four of the yard’s shipbuilding ways during the 19th century._] _For 174 years, the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Boston, now called Charlestown Navy Yard, played a significant role in the creation and growth of the U.S. Navy. By the time it closed in 1974, it had built more than 200 warships and repaired thousands. Historic black and white photographs, color photos and illustrations, and detailed diagrams tell the story of evolving technology and naval policy and how they affected the fortunes of the yard and its workers._ Transcriber’s Notes —Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. —Relocated all image captions to be immediately under the corresponding images, removing redundant references like ”preceding page”. —Silently corrected a few palpable typos. —In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_. End of Project Gutenberg's Charlestown Navy Yard, by National Park Service