What is "navy yard"

Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl. Navies. [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship. See Nave of a church.]

1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. ``The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir.''
   --1 kings x. 11.

2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.

3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.

4. same as navy blue.

   Navy bean. see Bean.

   Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.

n. A place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliances for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.

n. a military shipyard [syn: naval shipyard]

Navy Yard may refer to:

• Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts
• Brooklyn Navy Yard, the New York Naval Shipyard
• Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina
• San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California
• Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia
• Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine
• Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington state
• Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
  • Navy Yard–Ballpark station, a Metro station in Washington, DC
  • Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., the neighborhood around the Washington Navy Yard and served by the Metro station of the same name
• Cavite Navy Yard, located in Manila Bay, the Philippines