After the Wahoo’s loss at sea on an unknown date then, now confirmed as Oct. 11, 1943, Mare Island Naval Shipyard honored the Commander by naming its sports field at the entrance of Mare Island ...

Mare Island’s naval history dates back to the American Civil War, when in 1859 the naval base on the island constructed the USS Saginaw. A “four-gun, wooden-hulled, steam-driven, side-paddle ...

Behind the Fences Bus Tour, Saturday, 1:45 to 4 p.m. Founders Day Family Festival, Sunday,, 1 to 4 p.m. MIPF Open Mare Island Tour, Sunday, September 15, noon-2 p.m.

Mare Island extras Mare Island Trivia - Gen. Mariano Vallejo supposedly named Mare Island in the mid-1830s after a white mare that swam over to the island. - David Glasgow Farragut in 1854 comes ...

When I climbed that hill in 2018, I looked over the island and saw nothing but remnants of a vanished civilization. But on this visit I could see Highland cattle grazing and cozy-looking homes.