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The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. It is located 25 miles 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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1916-03-05
USPO Duplex Cancel
"Mare Island Br"
Vallejo CA

Official Business

Supply Office


 

1932-10-27
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"Mare / Island / Sta"
Vallejo CA

Navy Day

Cacheted


 

No Image

1932-11-18
Locy Type CD-1
"MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"
USS Aaron Ward DD-132

Collectors request

Add-on Cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

N/A

N/A

1933-02-15
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"MARE ISLAND / STA."
Vallejo CA

Collectors request from -
USS Undaunted AT-58

From the Tom Kean collection.


 

No Image

1936-10-12
On the Back -
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"Mare Island / Station"
Vallejo CA

Columbus Day

Postmarks also for: USS Arctic AF-7, USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - USS San Francisco CA-38 - USS Smith DD-378


 

1938-11-11
On the Back -
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"Mare Island / Station"
Vallejo CA

Armistice Day

Cachet sponsor was the National Cachet Society. Front of the cover has a postmark from USS Ramapo AO-12


 

1941-09-12
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"Mare Island / Station"
Vallejo CA

Commissioning of -
USS Fulton As-11

Cachet by Martin R. Aden


 

1941-11-27
USPO Duplex Cancel
"USM BRKS"
"MARE ISD. BR."
Vallejo, CA

Thanksgiving Day

Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw and sponsored by Arthur A. Christensen


 

1943-06-16
USPO Duplex Cancel
"Mare Island Sta."
Vallejo, CA

Collectors request


 

N/A

1945-10-27
Locy Type F
"Navy Day 1945 / Navy Yard / Mare Island"
Vallejo, CA

Collectors request

Br. 10298


 

1953-06-08
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"MARE ISLAND / STA."
Vallejo CA
(Dial Inverted)

Launching of -
USS Cormorant MSC-122

Cachet by Lloyd G. Piller and sponsored by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16.


 

1954-09-16
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"CENTENNIAL / MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD / 1854 - 1954"
Vallejo CA

Mare Island Navy Yard Centennial

Cacheted


 

1959-10-03
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"MARE ISLAND / STA."
Vallejo CA

Launching of -
USS Theodore Roosevelt SSBN-600

Cachet by Cunningham, sponsored by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16


 

1963-06-22
USPO 1-bar Cancel
Mare Island CA

Launching of -
USS Daniel Boone SSBN-629

Cachet sponsored by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.


 

1963-11-30
USPO 1-bar Cancel
Mare Island CA

Launching of -
USS Stonewall Jackson SSBN-634

Cachet sponsored by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.


 

1964-09-18
USPO 1-bar Cancel
Mare Island CA

Shakedown Cruise of -
USS Daniel Boone SSBN-629

Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.


 

1969-04-12
USPO 1-bar Cancel
Mare Island CA

Launching of -
USS Hawkbill SSN-666

Cachet sponsored by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16.


 

1972-01-22
USPO 1-bar Cancel
Mare Island CA

Sea Trials of -
USS Drum SSN-677

Cachet by Bernhard M Vesper and sponsored by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.


 

1972-04-15
USPO 1-bar Cancel
Mare Island CA

Commissioning of -
USS Drum SSN-677

Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.


 

1972-09-09
USPO 1-bar Cancel
Mare Island CA

Commissioning of -
USS Guitarro SSN-665

Cachet sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.


 

1996-03-31
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"Conversion Station"
Mare Island CA

Shipyard conversion

Cachet by Alvin Eckert.

 


 

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