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The South Boston Naval Annex was located along the waterfront in South Boston, an annex of the Navy Yard from 1920 to 1974. Other annexes of the Navy Yard during World War II were the Chelsea Naval Annex (formerly the Green Shipyard, now the Fitzgerald Shipyard), [3] East Boston Naval Annex, and Boston Naval Yard Fuel Depot Annex. [4] [5]
Charlestown Naval Shipyard Park is an 11.06-acre (4.48 ha) [1] park in Charlestown's Boston Navy Yard, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Korean War Memorial is installed in the park. The Charlestown Navy Yard Ferry Terminal extends out from the south side of the park. The Anchor and Navy Yard Commons opened in May 2019. [2] [3]
Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Lawrence [110] Ranges. Nomans Land Range [101] Sandy Neck Bomb Target Range [111] Test Stations. United States Navy Field Test Station, Fort Heath [112] Naval shipyards. Boston Navy Yard (Chelsea Naval Annex, East Boston Naval Annex, Boston Naval Yard Fuel Depot Annex) [113] South Boston Naval Annex [113]
The Navy’s 1940-43 expansion of the South Boston Annex was built "in an area contiguous to the Commonwealth Dock, a 1,200-foot drydock originally built by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and subsequently acquired by the Navy (p. 168)." [4] This pre-existing graving-dock facility is what’s now called "Dry Dock Number 3".
The Massachusetts Korean War Memorial is installed in Charlestown, Boston's Charlestown Naval Shipyard Park, within the Boston Navy Yard, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The 1993 memorial was commissioned by the Massachusetts Korean War Veterans Committee. It features a bronze sculpture of a soldier on a granite base.
The following is a partial list of ships built at the Boston Navy Yard, also called the Charlestown Navy Yard and Boston Naval Shipyard. The year shown is the launch year. Aerial view of the Boston Navy Yard in April 1960. The South Boston Naval Annex, circa 1958. 1814: USS Independence (90-gun ship of the line) [1] War of 1812; Mexican ...
The National Park Service, in addition to managing its properties that are part of the park, operates visitor centers at Faneuil Hall (1st Floor) and at the Navy Yard. It offers guided tours of the Freedom Trail. The Navy offers tours of USS Constitution, which is adjacent to the Park Service's visitor center at the Navy Yard.
The Charlestown Ropewalk is a former ropewalk facility located in Charlestown, Massachusetts at the former Boston Navy Yard. At over 1,300 feet (400 m) long, it is the only standing ropewalk facility still existent in the United States. It is currently under study as a pending Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission.