San Francisco Fleet Yards

San Francisco Fleet Yards are approximately 200 years old, predating the Federation itself by a considerable margin. It was constructed by United Earth and used to build the first UESPA (also known at that time as the Starfleet of United Earth) vessels of exploration and defense. Even after the formation of the United Planets in 2161, United Earth continued to operate San Francisco Fleet Yards for the next ~100 years or so, building Starfleet ships on request. Many illustrious vessels, including the NCC-1701, were constructed in San Francisco berths. In 2265 San Francisco Fleet Yards were finally transferred to the jurisdiction of Starfleet Shipyard Operations Command.

The shipyard is named after the Earth city of San Francisco where the ground-based headquarters of the shipyard (as well as Starfleet Headquarters) are located. Due to its age, many buildings and facilities are quite old and have been kept up to date by periodic renovations.

As of 2324, San Francisco has:
 * One 3mt berth (dating back to 2280)
 * Two 1mt berths (expanded to 1mt approximately 2230)

Throughout the early 2320's there have been frequent proposals to add a second 3mt berth in order to take advantage of parallel construction allowed by Sol's Starfleet-dedicated heavy industrial team. However the difficulties of making more room in Earth's already crowded orbital space (and adding extra capacity to the already crowded San Francisco ground-side headquarters) have consistently discouraged expansion in favor of simply adding more berths to Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards.

San Francisco is host to the San Francisco Fleet Yards Design Bureau, which specializes in Explorers and Starship Construction. It is also home to the formal headquarters of Shipyard Operations Command, whose rapid expansion and growing space and personnel needs have been one of the major reasons finding space for local operations is difficult.