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What was the first ship built completely from scratch at the United States Naval Yard in South Philadelphia?

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What was the first ship built completely from scratch at the United States Naval Yard in South Philadelphia?

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The first ship built at the United States Naval Yard was the U.S.S. Franklin. It weighed 2,257 tons loaded with 74 guns. It launched in 1815 Source: Workshop of the World: A Selective Guide to the Industrial Archeology of Philadelphia, 1990, p.