During World War II, New York Harbor was arguably the most important harbor in the world, shipping the bulk of American troops and supplies overseas and hosting more than 40 shipyards that serviced the Allied fleets. While the Brooklyn Navy Yard was the heart of the war effort in New York, boasting more than 70,000 workers, this virtual program will discuss the critical work of smaller shipyards, including wooden minesweepers built on City Island, PT boats from Bayonne, and the dozens of destroyers built on Staten Island.

This is the second installment in a three-part series of virtual tours, hosted by Turnstile Tours, entitled Two Centuries of Building the Navy: From Brooklyn to the Bayou. This series will look at over two hundred years of naval shipbuilding at a variety of scales, from the hyper-local of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to the present-day landscape of America's shipbuilding industry. 

This event is open to the public and tickets are $5 per individual tour and $12 for the three-part series.

To register for this tour click here. If interested the full series, please register by clicking here. After registering, we will send you a confirmation including log-in information for the event.