Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was a United States Navy shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded as a commercial operation in 1776, it became the Navy's first yard in 1801, and was historically important for nearly two centuries.
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  • Type: Dockyard
  • Description: naval shipyard of the United States
  • Also known as: “League Island Navy Yard”, “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Historic District”, “Philadelphia Navy Yard”, and “PNSY”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lincoln Financial Field and Xfinity Mobile Arena.

Stadium
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is an American football in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States It is the home stadium of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the Temple Owls football team of Temple University. is situated 1 mile northeast of Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Sports venue
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is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in , Pennsylvania, United States. It serves as the home of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. is situated 4,200 feet north of Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Bank and Packer Park.

Hamlet
National Park is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the section of , , United States that originally included 1,000 homes built in two unique builder developments, of in the 1950s and Brinton Estates during the 1990s.

Village
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is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census. is situated 1½ miles south of Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

Latitude
39.89004° or 39° 53′ 24″ north
Longitude
-75.17586° or 75° 10′ 33″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87F6VRRF+2M
Geo­Names ID
12489605
Wiki­data ID
Q1548690
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Philadelphia Naval Shipyard” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Astilleru Naval de Filadelfia”
  • Chinese: “費城海軍工廠”
  • Chinese: “費城海軍船塢”
  • Chinese: “費城海軍造船廠”
  • Chinese: “费城海军船坞”
  • Chinese: “费城海军造船厂”
  • Czech: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Dutch: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Finnish: “Philadelphian laivastontelakka”
  • French: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • German: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Hebrew: “מספנת הצי של פילדלפיה”
  • Hungarian: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Indonesian: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Italian: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Japanese: “フィラデルフィア海軍造船所”
  • Korean: “필라델피아 해군조선소”
  • Malay: “Limbungan Kapal Philadelphia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Polish: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Portuguese: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Romanian: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Russian: “Военно-морская верфь Филадельфии”
  • Slovak: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Slovenian: “Mornariška ladjedelnica Filadelfija”
  • Slovenian: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Slovenian: “PNSY”
  • Spanish: “Astillero Naval de Filadelfia”
  • Swedish: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Ukrainian: “Philadelphia Naval Shipyard”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà máy đóng tàu Hải quân Philadelphia”
  • Vietnamese: “Xưởng đóng tàu Hải quân Philadelphia”

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