Boston, MA: Navy Yards

South Boston Army Base and Naval Annex: (Satellite)

Charlestown Navy Yard: (Satellite)

South Boston Army Base and Naval Annex

The annex was operational from 1920 to 1974. The annex has one of the largest dry docks on the East Coast. The main shipyard was also closed in 1974. [dbpedia]

The Warshipologist posted, also DesolateMetropolis. 1943
Aerial view of the South Boston Naval Annex, Massachusetts (USA). In the left foreground is the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), which had entered dry dock after a grounding on 16 July 1943. In the right foreground is the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) and the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Baltimore (CA-68). Five Benson/Gleaves-class destroyers are visible (one in the floating dry dock), a single Fletcher-class destroyer (dark camouflage) and the Free French destroyer Le Fantasque. On the opposite side of the pier with the floating dry dock at the top of the picture is the troop transport USS Wakefield (AP-21). She was being rebuilt after a fire had gutted the ship the previous year. The original date given with the photo was July 17, 1943. However, the war diaries of the ships do not bear this out. Bunker Hill was on shakedown at this time. Iowa was being repaired in the dock after scraping the bottom in Maine and left the dock on August 16. Both Bunker Hill and Baltimore were in the corresponding berths on this day. The photo shows that the dry dock has been flooded which means this can only be Aug 16, 1943, as Iowa left the dock on the same day. Interesting to note are the unique deck markings of the Bunker Hill when first commissioned. Yellow dashed lines on either side of the center line.

Drydock 3 is still active. The drydock at the other end of the annex was Drydock 4.[DesolateMetropolis]

Satellite

picryl, May 1958
[The page identifies many of the ships.]

MilitaryPhotoDepot posted
USS Delaware (BB-28): In dry dock at the South Boston Annex, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 30 January 1924. The ship has been stripped in preparation for scrapping. Note propellers, rudder, armor belt and heavy fouling on her underwater hull. USN Image

DigitalCommonWealth, cropped, Photo by Leslie Jones

It appears that the Fishing Pier is still functional. Although I don't see near as many boats in a satellite image.

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"South Boston, Naval Annex area, various United States Navy Ships docked, Fish Pier, left, Boston, MA"

National Archives at Boston posted
South Boston Naval Annex
The South Boston Naval Annex was a 167-acre US Navy annex for the Boston Navy Yard located in South Boston. The Annex was operational from the 1920 to 1974, when it was closed along with the main shipyard. The annex was also home to Dry Dock Number 3, one of the largest dry docks on the East Coast which is still operational today. The facility included the dry dock, a dock for the repair of cruisers, barracks for ships crews, a paint shop, riggers shop and a general shop. Today, the facility is home to shops and restaurants and the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal. The photograph shows the facility as it appeared during World War II.
National Archives Identifier: 38328891
 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/38328891

 

Battle Stations Naval Warfare posted

16th Reserve Fleet

 Ships laid up at the south Boston annex, Boston Naval Shipyard, 25 July 1953. USS LEYTE (CVA-32) is in the foreground. Beyond her are 18 escort carriers.

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Jack McTeague Within two months of this picture been taken, hurricane Carol came screaming through and jumbled up the ships in this reserve anchorage…I remember one of the Boston papers printing an extra section showing the storm damage…several of the escort carriers were “bent up”…

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All filled in now.

Charlestown Navy Yard

DigitalCommonWealth, cropped, Photo by Leslie Jones, 1935

DigitalCommonWealth, Photo by Leslie Jones, 1930

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Army Heroes posted

A fine collection of warships at the Boston Navy Yard on June 21, 1934.

The New York class dreadnoughts USS New York (BB-34) (Bottom) and USS Texas (BB-35) (Top) are the most prominent.

At the bottom of the photo is USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides" herself. Between Constitution and the battleships is the French aviso d'Entrecasteux of the Bougainville class, visiting the the United States.

The four ships above the dreadnoughts include the destroyer USS Farragut (DD-348) that is the furthest away. The two ships tied up on the same pier include a Lake class cutter (Left) and a Tampa class cutter (Right) of the US Coast Guard. Finally, we have the patrol boat USS Eagle 19 (PE-19) that is closest to the battleships.