First U.S. Naval Station In The Pacific

Mare Island Navy Yard was established on September 16, 1854, by then Commander David G. Farragut, USN, on a site selected in 1852 by a commission headed by Commodore John D. Sloat, USN. Mare Island had the Navy's first shipyard, ammunition depot, hospital, Marine barracks, cemetery, chapel, and radio station in the Pacific.

Vallejo, California · United States