Show The Navy Yard At Mare Island I Most Important Naval Station on the Pacific Coast Second In Size and Impor tance Mammoth Drydock Copyright Mil I I While our Atlantic coast navy Yards a1 > moro orles generally known to licullbi east of the Ilocky mountain the Ingle one on the aclflc coast does not lave tho prominence It deticrves It No has I een slighted by some admlnlstra Ions and Its distance trout ashing ton ecms to have ictarded Its proper development and care or our seven uutlltllng stations the League Island hllalelihla 1 navy yard with Its D23 acres Is I the largest but Hare Islanl with Its 741 neres Is I next In I size Incidentally tile Brook In Yard perhaps the most Important and which has been In existence since SOI oecuplea only IV acres Mare or Naa Island 1 Is I 12 miles rom San Francisco noiheat and Inland In-land opposite tie tovn of allejo where most of the workmen employed employ-ed In the yard live A little steamer the Ilien piles between Mare < land l-and the town for the accommodation 01 officers and mn Benet a few miles away Is I hero John C Ileenan did some of his training for the pugllls tlo ring and whero lie had ft blacksmith shop said to be still In exist nee The Vill mouataln of the Sonoma ftlle group form a background to the place The island derives Its Tngllsh namo from the fact that a Spaniard raised macon mac-on It for breeding purposes Entering the Golden Gate from the Pacific theo Is I Alcatraz Island In the middle of the channel covered with a fortification besides the Islands ot Angel and Verb Ducats while there I Is another at Fort Point on the south side or the late The name Han Fran Cisco bay Is I often extended over San Pall bay which Is I nearly round and ten fillra In dlamoler though there t In a strait I three miles wIde connecting the two The last named receives from the twa at IhlUugh Cqulnez strait one mile wide the waters of Sulsun bay which Is I eIght miles long and four miles wide Tho two bays aro deep but tho strait his only 18 fillet of water at low tide The Sacramento and Ban Joaquin rlv ers which drain the great valley between be-tween tho SI rrn Nevada and coast mountain discharge into Sulun by The navy arl proper ot More Inland I on ill 010 stern side Toward the center cen-ter 11 tile nest ae he oftleeis quar ere the marine barracks and tha naNal I hospital all loukg toward Sn Fan clco surrounded by live oaks and jplart white crass foliage and shade tre form ft larger Part of the most picturesque naval depot of the United Slot I lu l92londay June ISIt wa the ceo 01 a torlfi explosion In the pow 6 t1 41 t1r I 5 s 1 Z M r i T I W I 1 1 I I W izy I M i t j < j I i cr I f P5 L I AA I Z S I 7 f of fl1 5 i 1 11 1 iI4 IJ4 fil i 4v2t 1 I j v 21R I I 09y h 41 664 1w 11 o 1 I F a 1 > Z 4 I I Z I I I f I I ei 11 I flfkVJV I I I p I BEAU ADMIRAL KIUKLAVD tier house by which 13 sailors of the cruiser Boston were Instantly killed and two frightfully mangled The blue jacket at the time vvero engage 1 In I tilling shells Seen weeks later Vug Itho crew ot tho Doston unveiled nn Imposing granite monument lIhln the ground of the naval cemetery or the yard as a memorial to their dead comrades i com-rades Despite the salubrious climate and delightful urroundlng officers and men or the navy prefer the cast though the European staUon It lho Iedlterro mn Is rogded the paradise or thorn all The hUGe dydock at roo Island to I rehp the not JaterlOting feature Imagluo a small colloeum or classic amlhlhalor youuffl have almost a literal Idea or this massive basin It In I mode of granite and li I elliptical In hap Its sides terraced with Innumerable Innu-merable steps Icadlnr I down lo a Hat ovnlntth bottom ftl ng whore grealcs diameter reels the ketl of a ducked lot act The reason for docking Is that tha ships sides and keel may be cleaned started oils I nil stialns below the vvitcr line may be repaired rind the hull glv on n new Not e if paint The ordinary landlubber hal little lea I of the eller mous amount of drift that oollecta ell a seagoing vessels I hullmillions ot tiny shelHsh barnacles wbs nlruto lamlllto mollusea Parasites or every scrlpllon agnlnsl I the gathering of which Ihcre Is no known pcenll three monlho cruise AM out nty shl PwooI Ion or 010110 such all lert that her speed will bo materially creased and her cincleu y Impilred An1 dockIng I alwa au e enlvo affair the oolnr which adds largely lo the financial maintenance 01 our navy A cruiser out 01 oterl Is n queer lookIng look-Ing object Her trace her lUhtnci bor v ppcnrnnco ot Priced and ngllil vanIsh van-Ish when sho Is I In the dr dock She looln like II lIh on blind or a seat on a I harrla thing amphlbloket elumo and slow moving Her dignity has dlsap I eared There Is I too much Incline tier her bow and Icrn hr screns end rudder rud-der look trifling And Inadequate and hr ram her forrnl lal lo forefoot capa ble or Administering tho hlclc that crashes In the ribs 01 tier adversary and ends hoi to Davy Jones locker I a dismantled dis-mantled wreck seems only a hideous protiudlng snout Iho lower jaw of a sulky bulldog I Then there Is I the storing or 1011 stons done mechanically by theme bilge lean arm cratex and swoops that swing to and fro and drop their burden ivllhln the shfpFi hold A raw moath rco the grentest aclh Ity prevailed at the Mare Island navy jarl gut at present the work Is I of tho ordinary Mod I In strong contrast to 00010 i of the eastern yards Tile Phlla dlphln arrived there lat fallwas tlac cd la thodntlock cleaned Painted < 1 tile I mantled unit 1 Ntrllsll 1 or her lust nand n-and then towed Into the Iream wheo he presents a pitiable pclacle a r or ry 10oldnif hulle lIer great Iarboblor throuGh Atilch hr I IInd 8 Inh tIn tI-n gun once llolrlld nonalnly now resemble thl eyeless sockets or some monster nd yt the la one or our bet armored Phil The crulr I Charleston and the gunboat oklown or the new navy am ItIP0 them 1ve latter lat-ter Ia I anchored In the AOam ready for Instant service m bile the lIt named in I tied UI 10 tile qua a seemingly hopeless hope-less 1 lan le ar beams and riggIng The Adamp a little ooden craft with an obsolete battery 01 moolhboo in I now In tile Irydock mith a largo I gang or men at mork InIo and outside getting her In readiness for service us II trainIng train-InG ship Close to the dY < look alongside 1M Quay wall Is the old Iron ship Ranger Ith a few men at mark upon her Nearby Near-by lies the oodcn ship Pensacola 1Tii44gP0 ulz V 4 1 f j j5 rl7 vlr iT441fril i r 1 i al < r1rJ i o I = V n > 111 i a 111 4 I ii jrJ lil a S iII iri V Z J lam X > i J i W l 7r I 4 Fj r ft L 7 = 4 ltJ = F rFAA 4 tt 01 J t t A R t 71 I P J 1J f e 11 I h Avy 1 Iy IC 4t g t w 1J AN A k R n0 Alf n < > l f < 0 qp 1 i F 41 4 i t7 > 1 r t t9 4 I ANY 1 I V 7 1 1 4 2Z1 i1 R 411 V AVr r > hl jr y go 4 g Z4kA1 M f T if I r g w S r J V M4 u 2 I 4 11 JCI 1 i t W I 1111 1 6 T 1 1 Z4b I V11 aiild I S l I 1i 1 il k A I A j 0 111 I ll 1 11111 fJ 1 1 I 111 I iifl if 1 I t I I I i Ilt l I a I I IM I 81MI IT I I 1 u I l I i I I I IIiII I 41 W I tj I 11 N l MAnc ISLAND NAVY YARD which 10 receiving th finIshing touches es Iepaaory to going Inlo I service As a traIning chip to le stationed at San Francisco The historic old frlga Hartford I which has made Its last oy age now UPS astern the Pensncola and tub2 Is a dismantled unsightly old tub to use allos phraseology The Iohlcan arrived there on March G and docled at the quay astern of the Gla I Ionic n vus hlllhI nepot first class atrioa Ihe a short time Also rm hcr anchoraze at IMgit sound i IOal Ptatlokl un1 In m March P4 I i ur ic Wet Z Lat November nar 1200 nun N tit elllllod at the Yald uhills t Plespt 1 IhctO t lira 1COO othtuett 1 outfaced It P l ertcriv jobnors calkern richl 4 4 and laborers nrklrg night dM 4oy Cvtam I e try glass II V I is no w noting as commandant 0 it hr lard olng 10 fill IIIUopoolUol r d el 1 mIlond 1 who I in Unit senior rpi aid mlal of the navy ALlinnT IJ SOUTHWICC 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