Advantages And Solution Of Disadvantages, Mare Island, In San Francisco Bay, For Naval Base And Navy Yard Expert Testimony to U. S. Commission on Navy Yards and Naval Stations

Vallejo, CA: Citizens' Committe, Vallejo, CA. Good. 1916. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a slightly larger than trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and side stapled spines. The book covers have noticeable toning / foxing and some water marking. The front spine joint is detatched. The text pages are clean and bright, with the exception of the title page and the first three or so pages -- which each have lessening amounts of water spotting / foxing - with the most noticeable on the title page, by the spine joint and the top edge. There are several maps included, all of which are in clean, bright condition. There is only one copy of this item listed in OCLC. " Mare Island Naval Shipyard also took a commanding role in civil defense and emergency response on the West Coast, dispatching warships to the Pacific Northwest to subdue Native American violence. MINSY sent ships such as Wyoming south to Central America and the Panama Canal to protect US political and commercial interests. Some of the support, logistics and munition requirements for the Spanish–American War were filled by Mare Island. MINSY sent men, materiel and ships to San Francisco in response to the fires following the 1906 earthquake. Arctic rescue missions were mounted as necessary. Ordnance manufacturing and storage were two further key missions at MINSY for nearly all of its active service, including ordnance used prior to the American Civil War. In 1911, the Marine Corps established two West Coast recruit training depots first at Mare Island, the second at Puget Sound, Washington. Mare Island eventually became the West Coast's only recruit training facility when the Puget Sound operation consolidated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1912. Instructors trained recruits there until 10 August 1923, when they relocated to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. " (from Wikipedia) .