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- Mare Island Naval Shipyard - NHHC
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1854–1996 Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, was the first Navy base on the West Coast During World War II, it was to evolve into one of the busiest naval shipyards in the world In its last 25 years of operation, it was the leading submarine port for the West Coast More than 500 naval vessels were constructed and thousands more overhauled before
- Mare Island Naval Radio Station - NHHC
The Mare Island location served as a transmitter station to ships at sea as well as to shore commands in the Pacific In May 1904 the first radio message transmitted to the Pacific was sent from Mare Island to the hospital ship USS Solace as she steamed out through the Golden Gate Contact was lost at seventy-five miles
- UG 22 Mare Island Navy Yard Photo Collection - NHHC
Description: Collection of 400+ glass negatives, cyanotypes and prints related to the Mare Island Navy Yard circa early 1900s to 1950s (bulk 1904-1910) The subject matter consists of ships in the Mare Island channel, ships at the docks, various buildings on the yard (both internal and external), as well as various activities such as coaling
- Guitarro II (SSN-665) - NHHC
She then entered a two-month shipyard restricted availability at Mare Island on 8 March to repair her equipment and recertify her Submarine Safety systems After returning to San Diego (28 April), the submarine participated in ReadiEx 3-79 in early June (7–15 June) and then took part in another Tomahawk test off San Clemente Island, Calif
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion - NHHC
Overview Planning for the naval magazine and naval barracks at Port Chicago, California, began shortly after the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, when the Navy assessed that the Mare Island Naval Weapons Station would soon reach the limits of its capacity The new facility’s location near the small town of Port Chicago, on Suisun Bay, at the confluence of the Sacramento and San
- Sinking of the USS Guitarro - NHHC
The Subcommittee traveled to Mare Island and on May 26, 27, and 28 made a careful inspection of the Guitarro (then in drydock), examined all pertinent available records and took 605 pages of testimony, under oath, from those witnesses deemed most knowledgeable as to those facts bearing on the sinking Findings and Conclusions
- California (BB 44) - NHHC
USS California, a 32,300-ton Tennessee class battleship, was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, and commissioned in August 1921 During the 1920s and 1930s, she actively participated in the activities of the United States Battle Fleet, often acting as flagship In 1925, California was one of the ships that conducted a major trans-Pacific cruise to Australia and New Zealand With
- NH 117525 Marine Barracks, Mare Island, Cal. - NHHC
NH 117525 Marine Barracks, Mare Island, Cal Download Image: Low (PNG, 319x319px, 61KB) Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 205KB)
- USS Saginaw (Side-Wheel Steamer) - NHHC
Saginaw, a side-wheel steamer, was the first vessel buit at Mare Island Navy Yard, California Launched as Toucey in March 1859, she was renamed and commissioned in January 1860 Her initial duty was in the Far East and served with the East India Squadron off the Chinese coast protecting American citizens and suppressing pirates In one incident, she silenced a battery at the entrance to
- Great Flu Crisis at Mare Island Navy Yard. - NHHC
On 23 September 1918, the senior medical officer at Mare Island received a letter from the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, which reflected the Great Lakes experience: 20 percent of the yard's manpower complement would become infected, and of those afflicted, 10 percent would develop pneumonia 3 The Mare Island medical officer and his
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