What type of ships did the Brooklyn Navy Yard produce before the 1870s?
Wooden ships
Steel ships
Iron ships
Aluminum ships
Answer
The Brooklyn Navy Yard produced wooden ships for the U.S. Navy before the 1870s. After the American Civil War in the 1860s, the yard transitioned to producing steel ships.
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