Sidewheelers to Nuclear Power. A Pictorial Essay Covering 123 Years At the Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Annapolis: Leeward Publications, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. Very good presumed first edition based on OCLC records, in a very good dust jacket. White cloth boardswith black title stamping an MINSY logo on front cover. Tiny coffee stain to front cover. Darkened glue showing under rear pastedown. Dust stains to bottom edge. Dust jacket shows original price but is clipped on the bottom corner, front inner flap. Jacket shows rubbing, creases and closed tears. Jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. xvi, 240 pp. : illustrations. Long quarto. 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