Editing Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (section)

===Navy closure===
The Navy operated the yard as a repair facility until 1974, when it leased most of it to a commercial ship repair company, who used it until 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bracpmo.navy.mil/brac_bases/california/former_shipyard_hunters_point.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012093142/http://www.bracpmo.navy.mil/brac_bases/california/former_shipyard_hunters_point.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 October 2014 |title=Former Naval Shipyard Hunters Point |publisher=BRAC Bases, United States Navy |access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref> A copy of the planned closure list was obtained by the [[Associated Press]] in 1973.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9a8wAAAAIBAJ&pg=1826%2C1344253 |title=Military Cutback Will Eliminate 37,000 Jobs |date=18 April 1973 |newspaper=The Virgin Islands Daily News |agency=AP |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> The Hunters Point Shipyard was reactivated briefly between 1986 and 1989 as an annex to Naval Station Treasure Island.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://bracpmo.navy.mil/content/dam/bracpmo/california/former_naval_shipyard_hunters_point/pdfs/all_documents/environmental_documents/radiological/hps_200408_hra.pdf |title=Historical Radiological Assessment, Volume II, Use of General Radioactive Materials, 1939-2003, Hunters Point Shipyard |publisher=United States Department of the Navy |date=2004 |access-date=2 January 2018 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022172649/https://www.bracpmo.navy.mil/content/dam/bracpmo/california/former_naval_shipyard_hunters_point/pdfs/all_documents/environmental_documents/radiological/hps_200408_hra.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|1–3}}

The Hunters Point Shipyard Artists (HPSA) is a community of artists who rent studios in the former U.S. naval shipyard on Hunters Point in the Bayview community of San Francisco. An artist community since 1983, the Hunters Point Shipyard is now home to more than 250 artists.

[[File:Hunters Point NS with three carriers 1971.jpeg|thumb|1971: carriers {{USS|Ranger|CV-61|2}}, {{USS|Hancock|CV-19|2}}, and {{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|2}} at Hunters' Point.]] 
In 1987, the Navy considered reopening the shipyard as the home port for the newly reactivated {{USS|Missouri|BB-63}}, which would move from [[Long Beach]]. Rear Admiral Robert L. Toney and Mayor [[Dianne Feinstein]] signed an agreement that committed San Francisco to spend up to $1&nbsp;million per year to maintain the infrastructure, including dredging and traffic improvements. After Feinstein was succeeded as mayor by [[Art Agnos]], Agnos declared his opposition to the new home port, stating the costs would outweigh potential benefits. A referendum was held on the issue in the November 1988 general election. One proposition offered support for the Navy's plan, and another proposition, sponsored by Agnos, stated the infrastructure costs would be borne by the Navy, and 351 new civilian jobs were required to be created.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/18/us/navy-is-waging-a-battle-for-san-francisco-port.html |title=Navy Is Waging a Battle For San Francisco Port |author=Reinhold, Robert |date=18 September 1988 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> Despite the passage of the proposition supporting the Navy's plan, the [[Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] (BRAC) recommended building the base for ''Missouri'' at Long Beach, San Diego, or Pearl Harbor.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/30/us/san-francisco-deplores-plan-to-cut-ship-base-and-presidio.html |title=San Francisco Deplores Plan To Cut Ship Base and Presidio |author=Bishop, Katherine |date=30 December 1988 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> In 1989, the base was declared a [[List of Superfund sites in California|Superfund site]] requiring long-term clean-up.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902722 |title=Treasure Island Naval Station-Hunters Point Annex Superfund site progress profile |publisher=EPA |access-date=25 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/pdel/pnar1247.htm |title=Treasure Island Naval Station-Hunters Point Annex Superfund site partial deletion narrative |publisher=EPA |access-date=25 April 2010}}</ref>