Charlestown Navy Yard: Boston National Historical Park, Massachusetts
by United States. National Park Service
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Chapters (27)
- Charlestown Navy Yard
- Part 1 The Making of a Navy
- Prologue
- Growth of the Yard
- Navy Yard Tradesmen in the Age of Sail
- The Ropewalk
- Building a Wooden Ship
- The Frigate Constitution
- The Coming of Iron and Steam
- Steam Propulsion
- The Yard’s First Dry Dock
- Ironclad Technology
- The New Navy
- Building a Steel Ship
- Chain for the Navy
- The Yard Transformed
- Mainstays of the Yard: Warship Overhaul and Repair
- Women in the Workforce
- Ships for World War II
- New Careers for Old Ships
- Part 2 Visiting Charlestown Navy Yard
- The Yard Today
- The Ships at Charlestown
- The Exhibits
- Index
- National Park Service
- U.S. Department of the Interior
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