Vallejo in Solano County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
USS Warren Cannon
Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, February 25, 2023
1. USS Warren Cannon Marker
Guard ship at Monterey during Mexican War
Receiving ship at Sausalito and San Francisco 1848-1853
First receiving ship Mare Island 1853-1859
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Mexican-American • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.
Location. 38° 6.623′ N, 122° 15.851′ W. Marker is in Vallejo, California, in Solano County. Memorial is at the intersection of Tennessee Street and Mare Island Way, on the right when traveling west on Tennessee Street. The marker is mounted on the top of the first reinforce of the cannon. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vallejo CA 94590, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. This Eight Inch Gun (within shouting distance of this marker); USS Independence Cannon (within shouting distance of this marker); First U.S. Naval Station In The Pacific (within shouting distance of this marker); The Heritage House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hunter Memorial Promenade (approx. 0.3 miles away); St. Vincent Ferrer Church (approx. half a mile away); Civil War - Unknown Dead Monument (approx. half a mile away); Vallejo War Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vallejo.
Also see . . . USS Warren.
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"On 13 November 1846, the former sloop-of-war's launch, in charge of Acting Master William H. Montgomery, departed the ship with $900.00 to pay bills accrued by the Navy for supplies, bound for Sutter's Fort, up the Sacramento River. By the end of the month, when no word came from the launch's crew, Warren's commanding officer felt "great anxiety" and sent out a hired boat with some men from his ship to hunt for the missing craft and its crew. On 18 December, the search party, having combed the river and inlets as far as Fort Sacramento, returned and reported finding no sign of the launch or of the crew. Eventually, the fate of Warren's launch came to light. The officers had been murdered, their throats cut, and their bodies thrown overboard. The men divided the money and split up, some returning overland across the North American continent to the east; others remained in California to pan for "washing gold." Records do not indicate whether or not the guilty men were ever found and brought to trial."(Submitted on March 12, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)
Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, February 25, 2023
2. USS Warren Cannon & Marker
Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, February 25, 2023
3. USS Warren Cannon
United States Naval Institute
4. USS Warren
Credits. This page was last revised on March 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 54 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 12, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.
