153 WAYITWAS-2003-154 eng Goerke-Shrode, Sabine 'Glasgow' pushed for Mare Island 2003-02-16 From 1848 until 1850, the U.S. Navy conducted an extensive survey to determine whether to install a naval shipyard on Mare Island. Once the survey results were determined to be satisfactory, the United States government went ahead and purchased the island in January of 1853. vacahc@gmail.com 154 00099802378 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/154/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/154/154.1.pdf PDF Document