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TAKING SHAPE: Dry Dock J oflhl! nl!w Pugl!t Sound Naval Slation was about halfWay complt!U whm thispholo was takm In AI/gusl J894, 7imbt!r cut on ｾｉｴ
spotfill!lt!d a f1Um-fJOU!t!"d WInch that sl/JUng pilings InfQ plaCI!.
NEED A urn: Thl! yard's
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landmark Hamml!rhi!lld Crane hoisttd a 350-ton test load nlier Its complt!tioll i1/ April JｾＳＮ Thl! cral1e cmt abollt $500.000 to builJ tlnd it ptrmallmtly altn'ed the Bremerton skylinl!.
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n ary LlruU'llnnt Ambro'll' B Wyckoff Ol'llt vI8ttrd PUlll'1 flnunrl ITI 11177, j{l'owlh maJlDAI'ml'nt Wll' nn ullknown prublf'm Sf'alt! had (I'w .. r than :1,000 mhahllanlJl, Oll' main fI< .. of TlU'c)J\l w"n' ｊＱ ｾＧｲｬ ､ with Ｇｵｬ ｜ｲｾ • Md W hlnRton hnd y I to tll' om 1
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Wyckoff b(' amI' !luch nn a tiVI' champi· on o( h plan (or a navnl blllll' Ih II h bt'caml' known In political Ire! ｾＮｬ "thaI PUR"I Soundl'r 'I ｬｾ ｊ ｪｴ
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w"rt> r('(ueu nl 10 fund an ('xpNl,Slv(' v( nlurl' In urh a r mOll' part. of tJw nation, bUI th.. IlIrnbt'r IlIdll Iry gJ'('w and populatJon In till' r 'glon in r<'W d, K0V('mml nl brgan to !lIke a (I I't look Itt Ih(' tl'l(ion. In 11189, Wf. lunl(l'>I1 ometally bl' 1lJll(' Ih ,t2nd bfnt<', nnd honly Ih"I",II\"r olll(r. vofl'rl to ulloc I, .710.0(1) for 200 aN, t f 1.\11(1 nd a <ll)Irlodc 1JI Ihl Pug"1 un,1 AJJ hliof prtlpolll'ni ofth plalln, d b,ru.II' and 80m, on' f lJIult, r '" IIh Ih,· n glon,
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ceoteOOl I HI tory at pug t Sound N al hlPYIrd•• trom which thl history w comptl A prtotJl'C of th book will 1000 be II t to Nimitz
tilt> Yl1lbolk stllrt oC Ihl' dock, B"lIt nlmo I ('mirl')y of woud, thl' yard's or\J(Jnlll dl)ldork tookJU'it OVl'r t.Itree yt'arI
h ultl r, ( !ll. 166. more tll n \(' Ih UI Congre had IUlhorizt'd It c Ih,' III g1nllh g of alollll PS S lI11dl· lion of ll('IUnll proj ls omplt'lt'd lind, r hutll:ll Short!) 'r work b\>glll1, WY korr n'lu(' tant!}' ht I Crom Ih,' II\'Y b'·c u • oC 1II11lUnm Inl)l rh umutl, m. Ill' w ue,' dNI h Lt mdr JlU111 (' ｾＢｲｯｮｧ 111 I 'I. amI 1hI' dl)l<lock w ('n", 1'1, II 11/1 Ih pnnll uf 1 0 Th.. I I luI \010 I h dO/'k 10' Ith I. r pump w "1 'S Monll'l\'" ro I d f,'n lIlunilOt TIl<' btlltl lup 1 , l' • thl fi I mlh 1lI'd fot work \\(Irk,' hlll(" kl I long Ih bol!ol11 Ul I 1 ｾＱＧ I (01 lI11pn, I hlht and pI I',lf\'tllh' hlp fm .In I nclt d Q) I lund, lulh (0 filiI ＤｾｏＬ
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