Brooklyn Navy Yard
Naval works, Brooklyn, New York.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Naval works
- Where
- Brooklyn, New York
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Industry today
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
Navy yard with 3,700 workers in 1861 and 6,200 by 1865. It built 14 large vessels and fitted out 416 commercial vessels for the blockade, and the ironclad Monitor was commissioned there on February 25, 1862. Employment fell sharply in 1866.
Then
The yard had 3,700 workers in 1861 and 6,200 by 1865. It built 14 large vessels and fitted out 416 commercial vessels for the blockade. The screw sloop Oneida, launched November 20, 1861, was its first ship built for the war, and the ironclad Monitor was commissioned there on February 25, 1862.
Employment fell sharply in 1866, and no new vessels were started there from 1866 to 1872.
Now
Industry today
Deactivated in 1966, the yard is an industrial and commercial complex run by the New York City government. Dry Dock 1, completed in 1851, is a city landmark.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 1.3 miles away.
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