Mare Island Navy Yard Photographs | World War II Database

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US Navy collier USS Jupiter at Mare Island, California, United States, 16 Oct 1913. In 1922 Jupiter was modified to become the United States’ first aircraft carrier and was renamed USS Langley	Battleship USS Oregon in drydock at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Sep 1917.

Destroyer USS Ward off Mare Island, California, 19 Sep 1918. Note the World War I style Dazzle paint scheme in the British style.	Launch of USS California at Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 Nov 1919

Close-up of S-46's conning tower, Mare Island Navy Yard, circa 1920s	R-3, R-2, R-1, and five other R-class submarines in dry dock at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, early 1920s

Submarines R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-7, R-8, and R-10 in Dry Dock #2 of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 8 May to 10 Jun 1922	Chicago being prepared for launching, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 Apr 1930

Chicago at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, Apr 1931	Destroyers Smith and Preston under construction at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Jul 1935

Submarine Pompano and destroyer Henley under construction at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 16 Apr 1936	Smith and Preston at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 21 Sep 1936

Preston's ship data plaque, photographed at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, circa 1937	Henley ready for launching, Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 12 Jan 1937; note Preston partially visible through the crane rails, at right

Henley at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Oct 1937, photo 1 of 2	Henley at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Oct 1937, photo 2 of 2

Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 1 of 3	Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 2 of 3

Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 3 of 3	Submarine USS Swordfish shortly after launching at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Apr 1939