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Mare Island

American  
[mair] / mɛər /

noun

  1. an island in the N part of San Francisco Bay, California.


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Seidmann was diagnosed with Parkinson’s roughly half a dozen years ago, after which he and Belinda retired, and left Los Angeles for Mare Island.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2017

John Reilly Lewis was born Sept. 15, 1944, at Mare Island, Calif., where his father was stationed as a naval officer.

From Washington Post Jun. 11, 2016

Your Morning Video: On this date in 1945, the Navy's heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on a secret mission.

From US News Jul. 16, 2015

It was used as a training boat at Mare Island in California, Brower said.

From Washington Times Jun. 7, 2015

The following summer of 1869 he visited the California coast, where he had not been since he gave up the command of the Mare Island Navy Yard in 1858.

From Admiral Farragut by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

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