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The Hunters Point Shipyard Artists (HPSA) is a community of artists who rent studios in the former U.S. naval shipyard on Hunters Point in the Bayview community of San Francisco. An artist community since 1983, the Hunters Point Shipyard is now home to more than 250 artists. 1971: carriers Ranger, Hancock, and Coral Sea at Hunters' Point.
During 1950s, ships used in atomic weapons tests leached contamination into shipyard Navy faces lawsuit over stalled $1.2bn clean-up of San Francisco shipyard filled with radioactive waste Skip to ...
The decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is located within its boundaries and Candlestick Park, which was demolished in 2015, was on the southern edge. Due to the South East location, the two neighborhoods are often merged. Bayview–Hunter's Point has been labeled as San Francisco's "Most Isolated Neighborhood".
The crane in 1947. The Hunter's Point crane is a gantry crane located at the naval shipyard in Hunters Point, San Francisco. [1] When it was built, in 1947 to repair battleships and aircraft carriers, it was the largest crane in the world. [2][3] It has a 450-long-ton (460 t) capacity and was completed at the site by the American Bridge Company.
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, another name for the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Hunter's Point, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City. Hunterspoint Avenue (LIRR station), a station of the Long Island Rail Road railroad. Hunters Point Avenue (IRT Flushing Line), a station of New York City Subway. Hunter's Point South, a mixed-use development ...
San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard. The San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard was a short-lived shipyard formed in 1965 with the combination of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. The combined yards were the largest naval shipyard in the world, but the desired cost savings did not materialize, and the two yards ...
The Cosco Busan oil spill occurred at 08:30 UTC-8 on 7 November 2007 between San Francisco and Oakland, California, in which 53,569 US gal (202,780 L) of IFO-380 heavy fuel oil, sometimes referred to as "bunker fuel", spilled into San Francisco Bay after the container ship Cosco Busan, operated by Fleet Management Limited struck Delta Tower of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in thick fog.
15 May 1975 [ 3 ] Designated CHISL. 1960. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY or MINS) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean [ 4 ] and was in service 142 years from 1854 to 1996. It is located on Mare Island, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of San Francisco, in Vallejo, California.