page_title: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Historic District
section_title: World War I
hierarchical_section_title: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Historic District / World War I
context_page_description: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is a large military-industrial complex located in Bremerton, Washington along the north shore of Sinclair Inlet, which opens to Puget Sound. This large shipyard is 1.5 miles in length along the shore and over a half-mile in width at its greatest distance across. The shipyard has nearly 1,000 facilities such as shipfitters shops, repair shops, drydocks, piers, cranes, crane rails, railways, and tunnels. In addition to the industrial facilities, supporting structures include: residences for officers and enlisted personnel, recreation facilities, boiler, electrical substations, fuel tanks, medical facilities, and canteens. The historic district is just over a tenth of the entire shipyard, 189 acres of the shipyard's 1,347 acres. Its greatest significance was during the Second World War when it repaired large warships damaged in the Pacific theater. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1992.
context_section_description: Drydock 2 was completed in 1913. Constructed with granite and concrete, the completed drydock was the largest in the US Navy at that time. In 1917, before the United States entered World War I, the Navy Department decided to build ships at the yard. Drydock 3 was constructed for this purpose, although it was not completed until 1919. By the end of the war, the 6,500 workers at Bremerton had undertaken the construction of 42 vessels, including subchasers, submarines, Minesweeper, ocean tugs, and ammunition ships, in addition to 1,700 small boats. Between the two wars, shipbuilding continued. Light cruiser USS Louisville was launched in 1930 and cruiser USS Astoria in 1933. In the 1930s, Drydock 2 was enlarged to accommodate two new aircraft carriers, USS Lexington and USS Saratoga.
caption: Dry Dock No. 2, USAT Dix in dock, looking SE
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