This eight inch gun was part of the battery of the frigate Independence
Placed on board at New York in 1841
Participated in capture of Guaymas and Mazatlan 1847 — — Map (db m218047) HM WM
From battery of USS Warren
Guard ship at Monterey during Mexican War
Receiving ship at Sausalito and San Francisco 1848-1853
First receiving ship Mare Island 1853-1859 — — Map (db m218044) HM WM
Vallejo was the official seat of state government from February 4, 1851 to February 4, 1852. The Capitol, shown above, within which the Legislature convened in 1852 and 1853, stood near this spot. — — Map (db m100459) HM
This Spanish Renaissance Revival building has served as a museum since 1979. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m100458) HM
In Memory of Those Who Served
World War II
Theodore G. Albee • Robert Dean Alexander • Ray A. Allen • Harold Ivan Alley • Alonzo L. Andersen • Emiel Andersen • Lester E. Anderson • George L. Andrews • Gordon B. Ashley • William J. Avala • . . . — — Map (db m218054) WM
The USS Trepang, the first US Navy ship to be given that name, was a Balao Class Diesel-Electric submarine, built at Mare Island Naval Shipyard and commissioned in May, 1944. She was under the command of Roy Milton Davenport, the first individua and . . . — — Map (db m217850) HM
Plaque One:
Daughter of Francis Scott Key 1779-1843
A United States Bicentennial Commemoration
Placed by Sequoia Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Plaque Two:
War of 1812
US
Real . . . — — Map (db m217774) HM
The North Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility is dedicated to Charlene Haught Johnson – daughter of a career United States Naval Officer, attorney, mother, and civic leader. Charlene served from May, 2000 to January, 2004 as the first chairwoman . . . — — Map (db m217852) HM
Construction Started Dec. 1854 as “The Avenue.” Dedicated Sept. 1954 as “Farragut Plaza.”
Plaque presented by Naval Civilian Administrators Association Sept. 16, 1954 — — Map (db m217772) HM
This bell, cast of steel, in Sheffield, England in 1860, was the “start work” and “stop work” signal on Mare Island Navy Yard for many years. Restored by shipyard apprentices at the Mare Island Apprentice School
Seal:
Mare Island . . . — — Map (db m217292) HM
Construction of brick houses started July 1855. Comdt’s house completed April 1856. Damaged by earthquake March 30, 1898. Rebuilt 1900.
Plaque presented by Mare Island Employees’ Relief Association Sept. 1954 — — Map (db m217770) HM
In 1842 John R. Wolfskill arrived here loaded with fruit seeds and cuttings. He was a true horticulturist and became the father of the fruit industry in this region. In 1937 Mrs. Frances Wolfskill Taylor Wilson, his daughter, bequeathed 107.28 . . . — — Map (db m40132) HM
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