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.

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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 Defense Radiological Laboratory 1946-1969

Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard

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

Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard Ruins