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"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.
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The Philadelphia Navy Yard: From the Birth of the U.S. Navy to the Nuclear Age (Barra Foundation Book)
November 2000, University of Pennsylvania Press
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The Philadelphia Navy Yard: from the birth of the U.S. Navy to the nuclear age
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"LOCATED ON the Delaware River nearly one hundred miles from the open sea, the city of Philadelphia seemed an unlikely place for a navy yard."
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"LOCATED ON the Delaware River nearly one hundred miles from the open sea, the city of Philadelphia seemed an unlikely place for a navy yard."
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