Mare Island - Vallejo CA - Historic Shipyard West Coast - Decommissioned Navy Submarine Base

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Published 2022-03-10
Abandoned Navy Shipyard Mare Island built over 500 submarines and other Naval tools of freedom vessels before being decommissioned in 1996. The shipyard is located at the north end of San Francisco Bay on the Napa River across from the City of Vallejo, California. It has a historic past and contributed greatly to the local economy, navel ship advancement and as well as helping the US protect and serve the interests of democracy and freedom.

Mare Island was formed as a Navy base as soon as California became a State in the 1850's. At the turn of the 19th century the shipyard helped build a landing platform on the USS PA where the first plane landed on a ship in the San Francisco bay paving the way for the modern aircraft carriers today. Mare Island began a submarine program in 1920 and thereafter specialized in subs including modern nuclear subs.

In its heyday, it employed over 40,000 people and everybody in the City of Vallejo area had a family member or knew someone working at Mare Island shipyard.

Vallejo filed for bankruptcy about 10 years after the shipyard closure and the area has been slow to get re-purposed. Fortunately, the Mare Island Brewing Company was one of the first companies to help redevelop and promote the site.

For Halloween the city holds an onsite event called night mare island.

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All Comments (21)
  • @thatplace1
    This place is cool and historic. Didn't realize just how big and important it was until made this video. Check it out
  • @SippyCupAdventures
    Mike, so I just did a search for Mare Island, and naturally, your video came up! I have not seen this one. We just visited Mare Island, so, it could be my next video, what the island has to offer today. I knew there was a history here, so I plan to study more of it for my video.
  • @GulliversCovers
    Masterful Mare Island presentation, TP👍87 Everything looks really amazing! Have a wonderful week my Friend🥰 See you again and best wishes ~
  • @moorelifeandtravel
    Awesome tour of this shipyard! Watching again in full, thanks for sharing!
  • @fityanfamily5950
    An amazing video in Mare Island. Thank you for such an excellent tour.👍
  • @moorelifeandtravel
    That seems like very expensive real estate to just leave deserted and empty! You would think they would have remade it into something else that would be useful. I’m glad it’s redeveloping. Awesome video, thanks for sharing 👍🤩
  • @jackanddan
    This is really amazing! Thanks for the awesome tour and happy holidays!
  • @KenWiggerAnotherAncientGamer
    Thanks for sharing your visit to the decommissioned Navy submarine base. As a Veteran I found the video very interesting friend.
  • @Monterrey4K
    Hi, friend!! Wow that was an amazing video in Mare Island. It is interesting to know these facts about this abandoned naval base . Thank you for such an excellent tour. The shots are great too!!!
  • @brittanyward1212
    Wow, this is a major historical site right here in the Bay Area! Very nice touch at the end with the beer :D
  • @FloridaFlipFlops
    Like 22 👍 A very interesting video. Hello from Naples, Florida. We enjoyed the tour of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. 👍
  • @tommyboy1653
    At 1:40 you can see a building with a blue roof ,I worked on when it was built installed a boiler and heating coils .