![]() The Receiving Station was decommissioned in 1921, and the Naval hospital was taken over by the Veterans Administration in 1922. A Receiving Station was established, and the usual logistic support, including that of a Naval hospital, and a supply department was furnished. ![]() ![]() During World War I the Naval Station was operated as an Industrial navy yard for repair of vessels small enough to be handled by the YFD-2. In 1911 government economy forced the closing of the station and it was not reopened until 7 January 1915 for repairs and overhaul of gunboats, New Orleans class cruisers, and other vessels of the Special Service Squadron performing duty in the Gulf and Caribbean waters. ![]() This dock, which remained at the station until 1940 when it was moved to Seattle, was capable of raising ships of 15,000 tons weight. Included among the equipment was a floating drydock (YFD-2) purchased in 1901. Naval Station, Algiers, Louisiana, completed in 1903. Then, purchasing 212 more acres and spending nearly $3,000,000 on buildings and equipment, the Navy constructed the U. Not until 1893 was a Naval station with ship repair facilities established. For almost fifty years, however, the activity remained dormant. The history of the Naval Repair Base, New Orleans, Louisiana, dates back to February 17, 1849, when three arpents (3.12 acres) of land fronting on the Mississippi River was purchased for a Naval reservation.
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