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Aerial view of the main part of the Washington Navy Yard – the Navy’s oldest shore establishment–looking north (and a little west) from over the Anacostia River, 18 December 1918. Photographed from a Naval Air Station Anacostia airplane. Note construction work in the Yard's eastern extension, to the right. Ferry steamer Boothbay, which was later renamed Grampus, is in the lower right center, with USS Shuttle immediately off her bow (further to the right). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives 80-G-454990.

View of the Washington Navy Yard–the Navy’s oldest shore establishment–and its vicinity, looking eastward from over the South Capitol Street area, circa 1960. The Yard's western edge, at First Street SE, is near the lower edge of the photo; its northern boundary, at M Street SE, is marked by the dark-colored street running nearly vertically in the left center. The Anacostia River runs diagonally from lower left to upper right center, crossed by the Eleventh Street Bridge (in center) and the Sousa Bridge (Pennsylvania Avenue) near the top. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph NH 90707