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Mare Island Naval Shipyard

1854 establishments in CaliforniaBuildings and structures in Solano County, CaliforniaCalifornia Historical LandmarksClosed installations of the United States NavyCommons category link is locally defined
Formerly Used Defense Sites in CaliforniaHistoric American Engineering Record in CaliforniaHistoric districts on the National Register of Historic Places in CaliforniaHistory of Solano County, CaliforniaMare IslandMilitary facilities in the San Francisco Bay AreaMilitary facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in CaliforniaMilitary installations closed in 1996NRHP infobox with nocatNational Historic Landmarks in the San Francisco Bay AreaNational Register of Historic Places in Solano County, CaliforniaSan Pablo BayShipyards building World War II warshipsShipyards on the National Register of Historic PlacesTransportation buildings and structures in Solano County, CaliforniaUnited States Navy shipyards
USS Wadleigh (DD 689) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 10 April 1945 (NH 98906)
USS Wadleigh (DD 689) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 10 April 1945 (NH 98906)

The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. It is located 25 miles (40 km) northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. The Napa River goes through the Mare Island Strait and separates the peninsula shipyard (Mare Island, California) from the main portion of the city of Vallejo. MINSY made a name for itself as the premier U.S. West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II.The base closed in 1996 and has gone through several redevelopment phases. It was registered as a California Historical Landmark in 1960, and parts of it were declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1975.

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Mare Island Naval Shipyard
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USS Wadleigh (DD 689) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 10 April 1945 (NH 98906)
USS Wadleigh (DD 689) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 10 April 1945 (NH 98906)
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California State Capitol (Vallejo, California)
California State Capitol (Vallejo, California)

Vallejo California State Capitol was founded on May 4, 1852, at a building in Vallejo, California in Solano County, California. The Vallejo California State Capitol site is a California Historical Landmark No. 574 listed on April 1, 1957.A Vallejo wooden two-story building served as the California State Capitol from May 4, 1852, to February 4, 1853. The building had a half set basement and was located at 300 York Street, Vallejo. General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807-1890) offered the site to the State after the wooden Sacramento California State Capitol building in the Sacramento First Courthouse burnt to the ground in large fire on July 13, 1854.After the Vallejo California State Capitol, the State Capitol moved to the Fischer-Hanlon House, in Benicia, California, from February 3, 1853, to February 24, 1854. The Benicia site is California Historical Landmark #153. Then the California State Capitol moved back to Sacramento, California Historical Landmark #869.The former Vallejo California State Capitol Building was lost on August 20, 1859, as hay stored in the basement caught fire. Site is now a parking lot. Site is California Historical Landmark #574.A historical marker is at the site of the former Vallejo California State Capitol on the Northwest corner of a city parking lot at 200 block of York Street, next to the Vallejo Transit Center. The marker was placed there by Native Sons of the Golden West, Historic Landmark Committee in 1938. There is second smaller marker also.