Photo #: NH 68685
Mare Island Navy Yard, California
View looking along the waterfront during the 1870s, with the
city of Vallejo on the opposite side of the channel.
Ships tied up at the Navy Yard include USS Saranac (left),
USS Independence (center), and a Revenue Cutter (right
center). Moored offshore are USS California (left) and
USS Pensacola (left center). The yard's floating drydock
is in the right distance.
Photograph from the William H. Topley collection. Courtesy of
Charles M. Loring, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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