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Bookmark or Share- Sinking of the USS Guitarro - NHHCThe Sinking of the USS Guitarro. Background. At approximately 8:30 P.M. (Pacific Daylight Time), Thursday, May 15, 1969, the nuclear powered attack submarine Guitarro (SSN-665) sank while tied up to the dock at the Mare Island site of the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard.
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard - NHHCMare 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 ...
- Abraham Lincoln I (SSBN-602) - NHHCOn 25 June, Abraham Lincoln entered the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif., to commence overhaul and refueling. The extensive overhaul was completed in December 1973. After shakedown in the areas around Puget Sound and San Diego, Calif., Abraham Lincoln transited the Panama Canal on 1 June 1974. She held tests and local operations at ...
- NH 72961 United States naval training camp, Mare Island, California - NHHCNH 72961 United States naval training camp, Mare Island, California. Title: United States naval training camp, Mare Island, California. Caption: United States naval training camp, Mare Island, California. View of boat drill under oars by signals from motor sailing launch. Circa 1914.
- Mare Island Naval Radio Station - NHHCThe US Naval Radio Station at Mare Island was the first naval radio station on the West Coast. This station, commonly referred to as the "Hill Station" was commissioned 27 April 1904. The original site was located on a hill southward of the shipyard proper. An abandoned pigeon cote was moved to the site and fitted up as an operating and ...
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