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Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

Index Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

The Navy Yard, formerly known as the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Philadelphia Naval Business Center, was an important naval shipyard of the United States for almost two centuries. [1]

41 relations: Aker Solutions, Andrew Jackson, Arlen Specter, Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia, Base Realignment and Closure, Bedford, Ohio, Cold War, Commandant's Quarters (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Crane (machine), Dalton v. Specter, Delaware River, Four Chaplains, Front Street (Philadelphia), GlaxoSmithKline, Henry C. Mustin Naval Air Facility, Industrial park, IROKO Partners, League Island, Manhattan Project, Marine Barracks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Martin Van Buren, McMyler-Interstate Company, Naval Aircraft Factory, Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pennsport, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philip Abelson, Philly Shipyard, RevZilla.com, Robert Peary, Schuylkill River, Shipyard, Tastykake, United States Department of Defense, United States Navy, Urban Outfitters, USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Wisconsin (BB-64), World War I, World War II.

Aker Solutions

Aker Solutions ASA, a Norwegian oil services company based in Oslo, provides oilfield products, systems and services worldwide for customers in the oil and gas industry.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Arlen Specter

Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as United States Senator for Pennsylvania.

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Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia

Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia is a vintage base ball team based in Philadelphia, which plays by 1864 National Association Rules.

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Base Realignment and Closure

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process by a United States federal government commission to increase United States Department of Defense efficiency by planning the end of the Cold War realignment and closure of military installations.

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Bedford, Ohio

Bedford is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Commandant's Quarters (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Commandant's Quarters, also known as Quarters "A", is a historic home located at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Crane (machine)

A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally.

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Dalton v. Specter

Dalton v. Specter,, was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that an Executive Order to shut down the Philadelphia Naval Base was not subject to judicial review.

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Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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Four Chaplains

The Four Chaplains, also sometimes referred to as the "Immortal Chaplains" or the "Dorchester Chaplains", were four United States Army chaplains who gave their lives to save other civilian and military personnel as the troop ship sank on February 3, 1943, during World War II.

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Front Street (Philadelphia)

Front Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a north-south street running parallel to and near the Delaware River.

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GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) is a British pharmaceutical company headquartered in Brentford, London.

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Henry C. Mustin Naval Air Facility

Henry C. Mustin Naval Air Facility (IATA code MUV), also known as Mustin Field, is a former military airfield located at the United States Navy Naval Aircraft Factory on board the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Industrial park

An industrial park (also known as industrial estate, trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development.

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IROKO Partners

iROKO Partners is an online media distribution company focused on the Nigerian Entertainment Industry.

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League Island

League Island was an island in the Delaware River, part of the city of Philadelphia, just upstream from the mouth of the Schuylkill River, which was the site of the Philadelphia shipyard, which eventually became the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, now known as The Navy Yard.

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Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.

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Marine Barracks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Marine Barracks is a historic barracks located at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Martin Van Buren

Maarten "Martin" Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American statesman who served as the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841.

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McMyler-Interstate Company

The McMyler-Interstate Company, a pioneer in the design, development, and manufacturing of ore- and coal-handling equipment as well as a manufacturer of heavy industrial equipment, was established in 1910 as the result of a consolidation of four companies in the city of Bedford, Ohio.

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Naval Aircraft Factory

The Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF) was established by the United States Navy in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility

A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate.

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Pennsport, Philadelphia

Pennsport is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philip Abelson

Philip Hauge Abelson (April 27, 1913 – August 1, 2004) was an American physicist, a scientific editor, and a science writer.

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Philly Shipyard

Philly Shipyard, formerly Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, is a commercial shipyard located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on part of the site of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

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RevZilla.com

RevZilla.com, also known as RevZilla, is an online motorcycle-gear retailer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Robert Peary

Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Schuylkill River

The Schuylkill River is an important river running northwest to southeast in eastern Pennsylvania, which was improved by navigations into the Schuylkill Canal.

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Shipyard

A shipyard (also called a dockyard) is a place where ships are built and repaired.

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Tastykake

Tastykake is a line of snack foods manufactured by the Tasty Baking Company, currently headquartered at the Philadelphia Naval Business Center (formerly the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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United States Department of Defense

The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters, Inc. is an American multinational lifestyle retail corporation headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)

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USS New Jersey (BB-62)

USS New Jersey (BB-62) ("Big J" or "Black Dragon") is an, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of New Jersey.

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USS Wisconsin (BB-64)

USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard

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