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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.
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 San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard was a short-lived shipyard formed in 1965 with the combination of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. The combined yards were the largest naval shipyard in the world, but the desired cost savings did not materialize, and the two yards reverted to separate management in ...
The contract to build Guitarro was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 18 December 1964 and her keel was laid down there on 9 December 1965. She was launched on 27 July 1968, sponsored by Mrs. John M. Taylor, wife of Vice Admiral John Taylor.
Opening day for the short lived operation of Alan Pegler's #4472, The Flying Scotsman along San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Seen running on Jefferson St., Pegler is in the engineers seat and riding the tender is Joseph Silva, manager of the State Belt RR.
The USS Tang was built in the Mare Island Naval Shipyard as part of a massive outfitting of the US Navy with Balao-class submarines. The contract to begin building the Tang was awarded on December ...
The first vessel built by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Saginaw was laid down on 16 September 1858; launched as Toucey on 3 March 1859; sponsored by Miss Cunningham, daughter of the commandant of the Navy Yard; renamed Saginaw; and commissioned on 5 January 1860, Commander James F. Schenck in command.
Woodworth built a cabin on the island and used it as a hunting preserve. ... on a 1979 family visit to the Red Rock Island in the San Francisco Bay. ... Old Navy's Break a Sweat Sale has ...