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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.
She arrived at Mare Island on 5 September for inactivation, and was decommissioned there on 26 December 1945. She was the first submarine of the Gato class to be decommissioned after the war. Sunfish remained out of commission, serving as a classroom for naval reserve units until she was struck from the Navy List on 1 May 1960.
Scamp′s keel was laid down on 23 January 1959 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California.She was launched on 8 October 1960, sponsored by Mrs. John C. Hollingsworth, widow of Commander John C. Hollingsworth, the commanding officer of USS Scamp (SS-277) at the time of her loss in November 1944 during World War II.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard: Laid down: 15 September 1920: Launched: 29 October 1921: Commissioned: 7 August 1922: Honours and awards: 6 battle stars from ww2: Fate: Sunk by mines, 13 September 1944: General characteristics; Class and type: Clemson-class destroyer: Displacement: 1,190 tons: Length: 314 feet 5 inches (95.83 m) Beam: 30 feet 8 ...
Spadefish remained at Pearl Harbor until 2 September 1945 and then set course for Mare Island Naval Shipyard where she was decommissioned on 3 May 1946 and placed in reserve. She was reclassified an auxiliary submarine, AGSS-411 , on 6 November 1962, struck from the Navy List on 1 April 1967, towed to New London, CT Submarine Base full of spare ...
USS Fulton (AS-11) was the leader of her class of seven submarine tenders, [5] launched on 27 December 1940 by Mare Island Navy Yard and sponsored by Mrs. A. T. Sutcliffe, great-granddaughter of Robert Fulton.
USS Seahorse (SS-304), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and the fore part of its body suggest the head and neck of a horse. Seahorse was laid down on 1 August 1942 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard [1] Laid down: 21 February 1942 [1] Launched: 7 October 1942 [1] Commissioned: 15 January 1943 [1] Decommissioned: 23 June 1949 [1] Recommissioned: 4 January 1952 [1] Decommissioned: 2 December 1953 [1] Stricken: 1 September 1958 [1] Fate: Scuttled off Hawaii November 1960 after being used as an anti-submarine warfare ...