Latrobe Gate, the ceremonial entrance to the Navy Yardĭuring the War of 1812, the Navy Yard was an important support facility. The USS Constitution came to the Yard in 1812 to refit and prepare for combat action. The land located along the Anacostia was added to by landfill over the years as it became necessary to increase the size of the Yard.įrom its first years, the Washington Navy Yard became the navy's largest shipbuilding and shipfitting facility, with 22 vessels constructed there, ranging from small 70-foot (21 m) gunboats to the 246-foot (75 m) steam frigate USS Minnesota.

The southern boundary of the Yard was formed by the Anacostia River (then called the 'Eastern Branch' of the Potomac River). After the Burning of Washington in 1814, Tingey recommended that the height of the eastern wall be increased to ten feet (3 m) because of the fire and subsequent looting.

The north wall of the Yard was built in 1809 along with a guardhouse, now known as the Latrobe Gate.

The next year, two additional lots were purchased. The original boundaries that were established in 1800, along 9th and M Street Southeast, are still marked by a white brick wall that surrounds the Yard on the north and east sides. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on May 11, 1976. The Washington Navy Yard was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Before 2006, it used to be the headquarters to the Marine Corps Historical Center, but that center moved to Quantico. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Naval Reactors, Marine Corps Institute, the United States Navy Band, and numerous other naval commands. It has the offices of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Historical Center, the Department of Naval History, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the U.S. The Yard currently serves as a ceremonial and administrative center for the U.S. The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C.

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