Flip to Fighting ships of the U. S. Navy moored alongside its famous hammer-head crane, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, circa 1945. Second from left is the USS Wilkes-Barre; third from left is the USS South Dakota.Close Window
Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives
A separate organization inside the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, the Naval Air Material Center included a factory that built 156 flying boats during World War II, and an experimental station for the development and testing of new naval technologies.
