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Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard

Property and Historical Use
The former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPNS) is located in the southeastern portion of the city of San Francisco on a peninsula that extends into the San Francisco Bay. HPNS was operated as a commercial dry dock facility from 1869 until December 29, 1939, when the Navy purchased the property. From 1945 until 1974, the Navy predominantly used the shipyard as a repair facility. HPNS was also partially occupied by the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL) from 1948, when NRDL was formed, to 1969. In 1974, the Navy ceased shipyard operations at HPNS, placing it in industrial reserve and transferring control of the property to the Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair in San Francisco. From May 1976 to June 1986, Triple A Machine Shop, Inc. leased most of HPNS from the Navy and operated these leased areas as a commercial ship repair facility.