The Navy contractors that oversaw the construction were the Guy F. Atkinson Construction Company of San Francisco and the George Pollock Company of Sacramento, with Allied Engineers of as architects and civil engineers. The origins of the Naval Operating Base, Terminal Island US NavySan Pedro BaseUS Navy Roosevelt Base Terminal Island was boarded by Ocean Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue, Richardson Avenue and Idaho Street, on Naval Station Long Beach. Construction started in 1940 on one large drydock and two small docks. The complete construction of base was completed in 1943. The 11 buildings on the base were built in the Mediterranean Revival architecture.Roosevelt Base Terminal Islandloc.gov Roosevelt Base Terminal Island shipyard was named the Terminal Island Naval Dry Docks in June 1940.Board of Harbor Commissioners, "Every Day is Navy Day in Long Beach." Harbor Highlights, Summer 1955 In August 1940 on one. In April 1942 piers were completed. On 9 February 1943 the named of the shipyard change again to US Naval Dry Docks, Roosevelt Base, California. With so much activity in the peak of World War II, in 1944 a pontoon bridge was built to Terminal Island. The pontoon bridge was removed after the completion of the Gerald Desmond Bridge in 1968. With the end of World War II the shipyard was again renamed on 30 November 1945 to Terminal Island Naval Shipyard and in March 1948 renamed to Long Beach Naval Shipyard (NSY) On 15 November 1946, the adjoining Naval Station Long Beach was established.The Administrative History of the Naval Operating Base, Terminal Island San Pedro, California, by Lieutenant Commander H.T. Rouse, 1953
