care program maintained a total daily attendance of 1,400 children. Unlike the federally funded WPA day care facilities implemented during the New Deal, the World War II centers were not intended for use by the destitute, but for working mothers. The Kaiser-sponsored Child Care Centers, particularly those at Kaiser's industrial sites in Vanport, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, gained a reputation for innovative and high quality child care. The center is still in operation today. Lucretia Edwards Shoreline Park Lucretia Edwards Shoreline Park, named in honor of local community activist Lucretia W. Edwards, honors the wartime contributions made by the Bay Area Shipyards during World War II. In addition to the local Richmond Shipyards, shipworker's bootprints with plaques set in the sidewalks and long low seating walls point visitors to the other Bay Area shipyards. The following inscriptions are engraved into the concrete walls: Bethlehem San Francisco – The only privately owned shipyard in the nation to operate a submarine repair base, this 16th Street yard overhauled 31 subs in two years. Moore Dry Dock handled the difficult jobs of production, repair and conversion that slowed overall output in other yards. Hunter Point Naval Dry Dock – Hunter Point repaired 600 fighting and support ships. Mare Island Naval Shipyard – Mare Island built more than 400 vessels. Mare Island Naval Shipyard set a shipbuilding record for a destroyer that was never broken completing the USS Ward in just 17 days. Marinship – The 75,000 Americans who poured into Marinship during the war years build 93 ships. Nystrom Elementary School The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 added Nystrom Elementary School of the West Contra Costa Unified School District to the park. The building was built to accommodate families who moved to Richmond to work at the Kaiser Shipyards. See also Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial National Register of Historic Places listings in Contra Costa County, California World War II United States Merchant Navy References Notes General Management Plan/Environmental Assessment. National Park Service, NPS-August 10, 2008 General Management Plan Summary. NPS 499 / 104062, September 2010. WorldCat External links Rosie the Riveter Trust, the non-profit partner to Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front NHP Ford-National Parks Foundation Site All of the following are filed under Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA: Parks in Richmond, California National Historical Parks of the United States National Park Service areas in California San Francisco Bay Trail 1940s