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Cmdr. Farragut, Navy call Mare Island home / Delaplane, Kristin [254] [ECHOS-1995-254]
Last week: The discovery of Mare Island, how it got its name and finally being selected as the site of a West Coast Navy yard. Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council and Shipyard Historian's files. The day the Farragut party arrived at Mare Island - Sept. 16, 1854 - stands as the official date that the Navy took possession of the island with Commander David Glasgow Farragut in command to commence building the Navy Yard.
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More than 500 ships were launched / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [156] [WAYITWAS-2003-156]
Mare Island Navy Yard, as it was called in its early years, was established in the fall of 1854 by Admiral David G. Farragut, then a commander in the U.S. Navy.
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After Mare Island stint, Farragut damned torpedoes / Delaplane, Kristin [255] [ECHOS-1995-255]
Information for this article came from the Mare Island Naval Ship yard historian's files and the Vacaville Heritage Council. Last of three parts Last week: Mare Island, officially declared a shipyard, sends help during a vigilante uprising in San Francisco. Plantings are established on the island as its future shape begins to take form.
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Admiral Farragut: a stellar military career / Dingler, Nancy [468] [RETROSPECT-2001-468]
The name Farragut can certainly ring a bell; he was the oft-quoted person in history class who said, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead." But, what connection does this larger-than-life figure from history have to do with Solano County? Admiral Farragut is the founder and was the commandant of the Mare Island Navy Yard.
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'Glasgow' pushed for Mare Island / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [154] [WAYITWAS-2003-154]
From 1848 until 1850, the U.S. Navy conducted an extensive survey to determine whether to install a naval shipyard on Mare Island. Once the survey results were determined to be satisfactory, the United States government went ahead and purchased the island in January of 1853.
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WY0160a WY0160a

Proposed route of V and; N Railroad-Views along the site of the V and; N Railroad - Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California..
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Mare Island Centennial 1954 Souvenir Program Mare Island Centennial 1954 Souvenir Program
1954

Vallejo salutes the United States Navy and all those connected with it on this the 100th anniversary of the Mare Island Navy Yard! For the past 100 years Mare Island officers, enlisted personnel and civilian men and women have contributed to the building and maintenance of the fleet which proudly displays the Starts and Stripes in the protection of the free world..
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Orders For Mare Island / Wichels, Ernest [772] [WICHELS-1963-772]
We oldsters often date ourselves by the fashions we wear, by the tunes we hum, or by the furniture we insist on keeping. Today we are going to date the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Most everyone knows that our great naval plant is 109 years old but it is interesting to read the thousands of Commandants' Orders and Notices which serve as milestones of the past century.
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1906

Earthquake at Mare Island, 4/18/06
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1898

Earthquake at Mare Island, 3/30/98
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