The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean.[4] It is located 25 miles (40 km) northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. The Napa River goes through the Mare Island Strait and separates the peninsula shipyard (Mare Island, California) from the main portion of the city of Vallejo. MINSY made a name for itself as the premier U.S. West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II.[5]
The base closed in 1996 and has gone through several redevelopment phases. It was registered as a California Historical Landmark in 1960,[2] and parts of it were declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1975.[3]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 15 April 2008.
^ ab"First U.S. Naval Station in the Pacific". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
^ ab"Mare Island Naval Shipyard". National Historic Landmarks Quioklinks. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
^Adams, George R. (1 December 1974). "Mare Island Naval Shipyard" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Inventory Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
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