![]() ![]() And Congress didn’t relish the idea of contributing American money to the British economy. These large ships either had to make the long voyage to San Francisco, or go to the British Columbia Dock Yard at Esquimalt in Canada for repair and maintenance. The decision was based on the fact that the United States had no repair facilities north of San Francisco's Mare Island Navy Yard large enough to accommodate military and commercial steamers and sailing vessels. Government began to study the idea of building a naval shipyard in the Pacific Northwest. In 1992, the shipyard was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1961, the shipyard was designated as a submarine repair facility and in 1965 it was established as a nuclear-capable repair facility. ![]() During the 1950s the shipyard entered into a new era of construction with the building of two new guided missile frigates. During the Korean Conflict (1950-1953), the facility activated many of the ships in the reserve "mothball" fleet, deactivating them again in 1954. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard also engaged in an extensive program of modernizing aircraft carriers, including the conversion of conventional flight decks to the angled decks used by the new jet aircraft. After the war, the shipyard’s mission was changed from repair work to the deactivation and storage of Pacific Fleet vessels. During World War II (1941-1945), the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s primary mission was the repair of Pacific Fleet warships damaged in battle. During the Great Depression, the shipyard went through a period of expansion as the nation built up its fleet. During World War I, the shipyard expanded to include shipbuilding, adding hundreds of new ships and boats to the Allied war effort. It was the first dry-dock and repair facility in the Northwest capable of handling the largest ships. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, located adjacent to the city of Bremerton on Sinclair Inlet, was established in 1891. ![]()
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