Mare Island* entered the atomic age in 1954 by building the first nuclear submarine on the west coat, the USS Sargo. The shipyard went on to build a total of 17 nuclear-powered submarines, ending with the USS Drum in 1970. The City’s namesake, the USS Mariano G. Vallejo was built at Mare Island and launched on October 23, 1965. As the submarine slid down the ways, its decoration even included a huge sombrero on the boat.
Although Mare Island did not build any additional ships in its final 26 years of service, it did continue its mission of “Service to the Fleet” as it repaired, dry docked, and overhauled nuclear submarines well into the 1990’s. The shipyard also aided our country during the cold war by equipping submarines to carry out top secret spy missions against the Soviet Union.
*Mare Island Vallejo, Ca.
In the spring of 1996, the shipyard officially closed its doors, thus ending 142 years of United States Navy history.
Next up, in ‘other news’:
US Navy charges staffer with espionage after being fingered for leaking deficiencies of the service in maintaining readiness of the SSN force.
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But don’t tell the enemy.
Unless the enemy did the counting and told the reporters.
Need to outsource the repairs, etc., to China...
The chicoms would have no problem installing all those requisite beauty parlors and bath house facilities...
Better in a dock than on the bottom.
That’s nothing! 98% of our Congress Critters are insane.
Ukraine needs the money -- don't you know?
Ukraine is just so much more important than
all of that Navy stuff. One hundred billion more
dollars for Ukraine!
Broadcast it to our enemies.
DIVERSITY is OUR strength! Who needs weapons when we have the moral high ground and the tide of history on our side?