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Mare Island (Spanish: Isla de la Yegua) is a peninsula in the United States in the city of Vallejo, California, about 23 miles (37 km) northeast of San Francisco.The Napa River forms its eastern side as it enters the Carquinez Strait juncture with the east side of San Pablo Bay.
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY or MINS) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean [4] and was in service 142 years from 1854 to 1996. [5] It is located on Mare Island , 23 miles (37 km) northeast of San Francisco , in Vallejo, California .
St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island (locally, St. Peter's Chapel) is an historic church building located on Walnut near Cedar Avenues, Vallejo, Solano County, California, in the historic core of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Touro University Sign on Mare Island in Vallejo, California. Touro University California also sponsors the Touro Student-Run Free Clinic, [20] an interprofessional free clinic organized and staffed by student volunteers. The student-run free clinic was designed to improve access to healthcare for low-income Vallejo residents and to further ...
Mare Island Naval Shipyard Airfield was a post-World War 1 US Navy airfield that opened around 1922 and closed in 1937 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in the city of Vallejo, California. The airfield was located at 13th Street & Flagship Drive on the naval base, just west of the Marine Barracks (Building M37).
The Mare Island San Pablo Bay Trail is a walking trail on Mare Island in Vallejo, California. [1] [2] [3] It runs along the west side of Mare Island, near San Pablo Bay. It has views of the bay and mountains, including Mount Diablo and Mount Tamalpais. [3] [4] [5] The trail encircles a U. S. Navy Base Realignment and Closure Investigation Area.
The Mare Island Strait is a channel at 1] in the San Pablo Bay separating Mare Island and the mainland in Vallejo, California in Solano County The strait was formerly used by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard until its closure in 1995.
Overhaul at Mare Island occupied most of the summer and on 16 September Nautilus left Pearl Harbor to spend her sixth war patrol conducting photo-reconnaissance of the Gilbert Islands, concentrating on Tarawa, Kuma, Butaritari, Abemama, and Makin, all of which had been reinforced, particularly Tarawa, since the sub's 1942 excursion into those ...