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The Brooklyn Navy Yard (originally known as the New York Navy Yard) is a shipyard and industrial complex located in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York. The Navy Yard is located on the East River in Wallabout Bay, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlears Hook in Manhattan. It is bounded by Navy Street to the west, Flushing Avenue to the south, Kent Avenue to the east, and the East River on the north. The site, which covers 225.15 acres (91.11 ha), is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard was established in 1801. From the early 1810s through the 1960s, it was an active shipyard for the United States Navy, and was also known as the United States Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn and New York Naval Shipyard at various points in its history. The Brooklyn Navy Yard produced wooden ships for the U.S. Navy through the 1870s, built the Navy's first ironclad warship in 1862, and transitioned to producing steel ships after the American Civil War of the mid-1860s. It produced some of the Navy's last pre-dreadnought battleships just prior to World War I, and it performed major repairs and overhauls of its dreadnought and post-dreadnought battleships during World War II.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard has been expanded several times, and at its peak, it covered over 356 acres (144 ha). The efforts of its 75,000 workers during World War II earned the yard the nickname "The Can-Do Shipyard". The Navy Yard was deactivated as a military installation in 1966, but continued to be used by private industries. The facility now houses an industrial and commercial complex run by the New York City government, both related to shipping repairs and maintenance and as office and manufacturing space for non-maritime industries.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard includes dozens of structures, some of which date to the 19th century. The Brooklyn Naval Hospital, a medical complex on the east side of the Brooklyn Navy Yard site, served as the yard's hospital from 1838 until 1948. Dry Dock 1, one of six dry docks at the yard, was completed in 1851 and is listed as a New York City designated landmark. Former structures include Admiral's Row, a grouping of officers' residences at the west end of the yard, which was torn down in 2016 to accommodate new construction. Several new buildings were built in the late 20th and early 21st centuries as part of the city-run commercial and industrial complex. A commandant's residence, also a National Historic Landmark, is located away from the main navy yard's site. The FDNY's Marine Operations Division and their fireboats are located at Building 292.
Commandants of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from Wikipedia:
1. Lieutenant Jonathan Thorn, June 1, 1806 – July 13, 1807
2. Captain Isaac Chauncey, July 13, 1807 – May 16, 1813
3. Captain Samuel Evans, May 16, 1813 – June 2, 1824
4. Commander George W. Rodgers, June 2, 1824 – December 21, 1824
5. Captain Isaac Chauncey, December 21, 1824 – June 10, 1833
6. Captain Charles G. Ridgeley, June 10, 1833 – November 19, 1839
7. Captain James Renshaw, November 19, 1839 – June 12, 1841
8. Captain Matthew C. Perry, June 12, 1841 – July 15, 1843
9. Captain Silas H. Stringham, July 15, 1843 – October 1, 1846
10. Captain Isaac McKeever, October 1, 1846 – October 1, 1849
11. Captain William D. Salter, October 1, 1849 – October 14, 1852
12. Captain Charles Boarman, October 14, 1852 – October 1, 1855
13. Captain Abraham Bigelow, October 1, 1855 – June 8, 1857
14. Captain Lawrence Kearny, June 8, 1857 – November 1, 1858
15. Captain Samuel L. Breese, November 1, 1858 – October 25, 1861
16. Captain Hiram Paulding, October 25, 1861 – May 1, 1865
17. Commodore Charles H. Bell, May 1, 1865 – May 1, 1868
18. Rear Admiral Sylvanus W. Godon, May 1, 1868 – October 15, 1870
19. Rear Admiral Melancton Smith, October 15, 1870 – June 1, 1872
20. Vice Admiral Stephen Clegg Rowan, June 1, 1872 – September 1, 1876
21. Commodore James W. Nicholson, September 1, 1876 – May 1, 1880
22. Commodore George H. Cooper, May 1, 1880 – April 1, 1882
23. Commodore John H. Upshur, April 1, 1882 – March 31, 1884
24. Commodore Thomas S. Fillebrown, March 31, 1884 – December 31, 1884
25. Commodore Ralph Chandler, December 31, 1884 – October 15, 1886
26. Commodore Bancroft Gherardi, October 15, 1886 – February 15, 1889
27. Captain Francis M. Ramsay, February 15, 1889 – November 14, 1889
28. Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine, November 14, 1889 – May 20, 1891
29. Commodore Henry Erben, May 20, 1891 – June 1, 1893
30. Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, June 1, 1893 – November 22, 1894
31. Commodore Montgomery Sicard, November 22, 1894 – May 1, 1897
32. Commodore Francis M. Bunce, May 1, 1897 – January 14, 1899
33. Commodore John Woodward Philip, January 14, 1899 – July 17, 1900
34. Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker, July 17, 1900 – April 1, 1903
35. Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers, April 1, 1903 – October 3, 1904
36. Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan, October 3, 1904 – June 1, 1907
37. Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, June 1, 1907 – May 15, 1909
38. Captain Joseph B. Murdock, May 15, 1909 – March 21, 1910
39. Captain Lewis Sayre Van Duzer, April 1910 - July 1913
40. Rear Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze, March 21, 1910 – June 6, 1912
41. Captain Albert Gleaves, June 6, 1912 – September 28, 1914
42. Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, September 28, 1914 – February 25, 1918
43. Rear Admiral John D. McDonald, September 28, 1914 – July 1, 1921
44. Rear Admiral Carl T. Vogelgesang, July 1, 1921 – November 27, 1922
45. Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett, November 27, 1922 – February 16, 1928
46. Captain Frank Lyon, February 16, 1928 – July 2, 1928
47. Rear Admiral Louis R. de Steiguer, July 2, 1928 – March 18, 1931
48. Rear Admiral William W. Phelps, March 18, 1931 – June 30, 1933
49. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr., June 30, 1933 – March 9, 1936
50. Captain Frederick L. Oliver, March 9, 1936 – April 20, 1936
51. Rear Admiral Harris L. Laning, April 20, 1936 – September 24, 1937
52. Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, October 1, 1937 – March 1, 1941
53. Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart, June 2, 1941 – June 2, 1943
54. Rear Admiral Monroe R. Kelly, June 2, 1943 – December 5, 1944
55. Rear Admiral Freeland A. Daubin, December 5, 1944 – November 25, 1945