Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard: A Visit in 1956
Unfinished History
Photos by Russ Moore (pictured at left in his 1956 Explorer Scout uniform)
All were taken in 1956, though I am unable to pinpoint the exact time of the year. My father was stationed with the US Army at the Presidio of San Francisco at the time. The occasion for my outing to Hunter’s Point was an opportunity for a Boy Scouts/Explorer Scouts of America “camping” weekend onboard the USS Yorktown. While we never left the Bay, we did get underway, and as I recall, moved a short distance to another location where we docked.
USS Hancock.
Periscope building visible in background.
A destroyer in dock.
Back of the USS Yorktown.
Flight deck of the Yorktown.
On the flight deck of the Yorktown.
Tug boat on the bay, apparently off the shore of the SF International Airport.
A series of pages on Hunters Point Naval Shipyard history:
Decommissioned: Navy Takes Notice 1908
Decommissioned: A Mighty Shipyard 1941-1947
Decommissioned: Hunters Point and the Atomic Turning Point
Decommissioned: The Giant Crane 1947
Decommissioned: After the War 1946-1969
Decommissioned: Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory 1946-1969
Navy’s Own Complicity in the Historic Eco-Fraud Scandal at Hunters Point
Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard: A Visit in 1956
Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard Aerial Views Before and After WWII