Stories Of Brooklyn's Past, Rediscovered at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Posted by Aisha Glover,
December 05, 2011
Source/full story: WNYC. Posted: November 09, 2011 by Kathleen Horan
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is opening to the public this week for the first time in 200 years. It’s unveiling a new museum that documents, among other things, the city's shipbuilding history.
Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger said during the Navy Yard’s height in World War II, it employed more than 70,000 people, including his father. The elder Schweiger helped to build the U.S.S. Missouri, a ship his uncle ended up serving on while in the Navy.