A SIGN PAINTED ON A WALL AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, CA. 1978, V1988.21.293; FRANK J.TREZZA BROOKLYN NAVY YARD COLLECTION, ARMS 1988.016; BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The origins of the Brooklyn Navy Yard (officially known as the New York Naval Shipyard) date back to 1801, when the United States Navy acquired what had previously been a small, privately owned shipyard in order to construct naval vessels. By the time the Defense Department ceased shipbuilding activities at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966, 88 vessels had been…