It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the northeastern shore of San Pablo Bay. The first on the entire west coast, with 142 years of service to our nation, the Mare Island Naval Shipyard has been a long time builder of California’s naval gold. The shipyard was established by the Navy in 1854 and was known as Naval Magazine, NSY Mare Island. The company's leadership comes from its years of shipyard ownership along the East Coast of the United States. MINSY sent ships such as Wyoming south to Central America and the Panama Canal to protect US political and commercial interests. No need to register, buy now! About Mare Island. Vallejo is named for General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. View vessel details and ship photos. The tour of St. Peter's Chapel is alone worth the price, but you get to tour a mansion and see historic Dry Dock #1, gantries, giant cranes and other attractions of Mare Island's… Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain. On September 16, 1854, Mare Island became the first permanent U.S. naval installation on the west coast , with Commodore David Farragut , as Mare Island's first commander. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. Contact museum at 707-280-5742.

Image Go. Located at the confluence of the Napa River and San Francisco Bay, Mare Island continues to build on its shipyard roots with commercial, industrial, residential, educational and cultural uses thriving together. Mare Island has potential but is remnants now Mare Island , seems like it could be such a great place but , it mostly has old rotted out naval buildings , not any water front and a great view from the Golf Course and driving range must be the best view of any driving range The population was 115,942 at the 2010 census. Contact Mare Island Museum at Railroad & 8th Streets. MarineTraffic Live Ships Map. Photo, Print, Drawing Building Location Map, Mare Island - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Structural Shop, Near State Highway 37, Vallejo, Solano County, CA Drawings from Survey HAER CA-3-A About this Item. Questions and information about burials are welcome. Mare Island is a peninsula in the United States in the city of Vallejo, California, about 23 miles northeast of San Francisco. The company's leadership comes from its years of shipyard ownership along the East Coast of the United States. Mare Island Dry Dock, LLC is committed to being an environmentally responsible business. 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.