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{{Infobox Military Structure
|name=Pensacola Navy Yard
|image=
|caption=
|location=[[Tartar Point]] at present-day [[NAS Pensacola]]
|type=
|built=[[1826]]
|builder=
|materials=
|size=
|used=[[1826]]-[[1911]]
|demolished=
|controlledby=United States (1826-1861, 1862-present)<br/>Confederate States (1861-1862)
|armament=
|garrison=
|currentcommander=
|commanders=
|occupants=
|battles=
|events=[[Civil War]]
|status=Decommissioned<br/>Now part of [[NAS Pensacola]]
|ownership=Federal government
|visitors=
|mapcode=
}}
The '''Pensacola Navy Yard''' was a [[Wikipedia:Shipyard|shipyard]] at the site of present-day [[NAS Pensacola]]. Originally constructed in [[1826]], it was decommissioned and abandoned in [[1911]]; however, it was reopened three years later as [[NAS Pensacola|Naval Air Station Pensacola]].
Occupying a roughly square area in the southeast corner of the present-day station, many original structures from the Navy Yard still exist, including portions of the yard's walls.
==Construction==
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==[[Civil War]]==
On [[January 10]], Florida became the third state to secede from the Union. Shortly after Florida's secession, Lieutenant [[Adam J. Slemmer]] decided to abandon Forts [[Fort Barrancas|Barrancas]] and [[Fort McRee|McRee]] and consolidate Union forces at [[Fort Pickens]]. His soldiers, along with 30 loyal sailors from the Navy Yard, evacuated to Fort Pickens. On [[January 12]], rebel troops from Alabama and Florida approached the gates of the Navy Yard, demanding surrender. Having no means to defend the yard, Commodore [[James Armstrong]], the commanding officer, signed the surrender. Quartermaster [[William Conway]] famously refused to strike the Union colors and was jailed. The two Union naval ships in the harbor, ''[[Wikipedia:USS Wyandotte (1853)|Wyandotte]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:USS Supply (1846)|Supply]]'', were commanded by officers loyal to the Union and did not fall into rebel hands.
[[Category:Navy]] [[Category:Naval Air Station]]
|name=Pensacola Navy Yard
|image=
|caption=
|location=[[Tartar Point]] at present-day [[NAS Pensacola]]
|type=
|built=[[1826]]
|builder=
|materials=
|size=
|used=[[1826]]-[[1911]]
|demolished=
|controlledby=United States (1826-1861, 1862-present)<br/>Confederate States (1861-1862)
|armament=
|garrison=
|currentcommander=
|commanders=
|occupants=
|battles=
|events=[[Civil War]]
|status=Decommissioned<br/>Now part of [[NAS Pensacola]]
|ownership=Federal government
|visitors=
|mapcode=
}}
The '''Pensacola Navy Yard''' was a [[Wikipedia:Shipyard|shipyard]] at the site of present-day [[NAS Pensacola]]. Originally constructed in [[1826]], it was decommissioned and abandoned in [[1911]]; however, it was reopened three years later as [[NAS Pensacola|Naval Air Station Pensacola]].
Occupying a roughly square area in the southeast corner of the present-day station, many original structures from the Navy Yard still exist, including portions of the yard's walls.
==Construction==
{{sect-stub}}
==[[Civil War]]==
On [[January 10]], Florida became the third state to secede from the Union. Shortly after Florida's secession, Lieutenant [[Adam J. Slemmer]] decided to abandon Forts [[Fort Barrancas|Barrancas]] and [[Fort McRee|McRee]] and consolidate Union forces at [[Fort Pickens]]. His soldiers, along with 30 loyal sailors from the Navy Yard, evacuated to Fort Pickens. On [[January 12]], rebel troops from Alabama and Florida approached the gates of the Navy Yard, demanding surrender. Having no means to defend the yard, Commodore [[James Armstrong]], the commanding officer, signed the surrender. Quartermaster [[William Conway]] famously refused to strike the Union colors and was jailed. The two Union naval ships in the harbor, ''[[Wikipedia:USS Wyandotte (1853)|Wyandotte]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:USS Supply (1846)|Supply]]'', were commanded by officers loyal to the Union and did not fall into rebel hands.
[[Category:Navy]] [[Category:Naval Air Station]]