Filming in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco
Concrete dry docks line the bay shore, and a steel gantry crane stands over the yard.
What Hunters Point Naval Shipyard looks like
Concrete dry docks line the bay shore. Dry Dock No. 4 is the longest at 1,092 feet. Dry Docks Nos. 5 to 7 are 420 feet each. The is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The was raised to nearly 500 feet in 1967. Its steel truss stands over paved yards and reaches out over the water at the .
A 2020 photograph shows a three-storey industrial shed with a sawtooth roofline and rows of multi-pane steel windows. Another 2020 photograph shows a tall steel-frame tower at the shore, with the San Francisco skyline across the water.
A 2017 photograph shows a weathered with peeling green paint on the shore. The Bay Bridge rises in the distance beyond it.
In March 2026 the Navy began removing hazardous materials from six buildings, with demolition set to start in late March. Some of the buildings in these photographs may no longer stand.
Shot in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Battle Stations, A Navel Adventure, is a seven-minute diary film from 2002 by Dominic Angerame. It was filmed at the Naval Shipyard at Hunters Point. The filmmakers shot at the main shipyard, where workers were deconstructing a ship. They then went to a hill overlooking the pier.
Battle Stations, A Navel Adventure, 2002
The main shipyard
Workers were deconstructing a ship in the main shipyard. The film then moved to higher ground, a hill overlooking the pier where the workers were.
Brooklyn Navy Yard is a waterfront naval yard with dry docks. Its Dry Dock 2 was rebuilt in masonry in 1901. Dry Dock 4 is brick and concrete, where Hunters Point's docks are all concrete. Manhattan sits across the East River, so keep wide frames turned away from the water. Try searching navy yard dry dock now.
Mare Island is a naval yard on San Pablo Bay with concrete dry docks, and only its Dry Dock 1 is stone. Early brick shop buildings from the 1850s still stand there. Those 1850s shops would read older than Hunters Point, so frame toward the docks and away from them. Try searching naval yard dry docks now.
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