Washington Navy Yard, 1918

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.