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[13] [14] In 1832 the Washington Navy Yard Hospital, hired Eleanor Cassidy O'Donnell to work as a nurse. Eleanor Cassidy O'Donnell, pioneer nurse, at Washington Navy Yard Hospital payroll,8 March 1832. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Union Navy hired about two dozen women as seamstresses in the Ordnance Department, Laboratory ...
View of Navy Yard in 1833. Historically, the Anacostia River was once a deep water channel with natural resources and home to the Nacotchtank Indians. In 1791 Pierre Charles L’Enfant designed the plan for Washington, D.C., and, recognizing the assets of the Anacostia River, located the city's new commercial center and wharfs there.
Blue Jacket—a C2-S-B1 type freighter—was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 183) on 23 October 1941 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Co.; launched on 14 February 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Edward U. Read; and delivered to her operators, the United Fruit Co., on 25 March 1943.
The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States.
Historical photos part of donations by the family of Fernando W. Hartford and William Upton of Concord. When FDR visited Portsmouth and Naval Shipyard. 1932 visit to city documented in recent ...
That rose to $24.75 per hour after two years on the job and to $31.90 after three years, topping out at $39 for workers with at least six years of service. The union secured a 61.5% raise over six ...
“For 100 days, I have to live in 100 square feet.”