The Philadelphia Navy Yard
Subtitle: from the birth of the U.S. Navy to the nuclear age
By: Jeffery M. Dorwart with Jean K. Wolf.
Contributors: Wolf, Jean K.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
Description: "In this definitive history of one of America's most illustrious military institutions, Jeffery M. Dorwart explains how the Philadelphia Navy Yard struggled throughout its history to survive, while remaining a viable and integral part of the nation's defense.

Illustrated with 125 archival photographs and 10 detailed maps, The Philadelphia Navy Yard provides a candid and complete history of the relationship of this important facility to local and national politics and social and economic change, while highlighting the contributions of America's first government-operated naval shipyard."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: 154,075

Includes bibliographical references and index.