Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard Aerial Views Before and After WWII
Unfinished History
Hunter's Point in 1941, Avisadero Point at top left of photo before its demolition.
Photo: US Navy
BEGINNING OF HUNTERS POINT YARD'S GROWTH--March 11, 1942. Three months after Pearl harbor the narrow tongue of land projecting into San Francisco bay looked like this, with only one permanent building (at right) and two graving docks in existence. The high promontory, Point Avisadero (left), was pulled down into the bay to make San Francisco Naval Shipyard the huge installation it is today.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Aerial 1942.
Photo: SFMemory.org sfm015-00017
Aerial, June 4, 1942.
Photo: SFMemory.org sfm015-00015
Aerial, September 17, 1942.
Photo: SFMemory.org sfm015-00016
December 15, 1942.
Photo: SFMemory.org sfm015-00018
July 2, 1943.
Photo: SFMemory.org sfm015-00023
November 5, 1943.
Photo: SFMemory.org sfm015-00023
December 8, 1943.
Photo: SFMemory.org sfm015-00023
April 17, 1945.
Photo: SFMemory.org sfm015-00023
1946.
Photo: SFMemory.org sfm015-00028
Hunter's Point Naval Shipyards, 1957, jammed with ships.
Photo: Prelinger Archives
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