United States Navy Mare Island

Feb 22, 2023 | Grantees

A brick building on Mare Island looking out on and across the water. Giant agave blooming nearby.

Mare Island Shipyard. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith.

The Mare Island Naval Shipyard was the first U.S. Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. It is located in Vallejo, California.

Mare Island

Settlement / Agreement Number Description
AD 376 Mare Island Property Settlement and Exchange Agreement
Statute Description
Chapter 43, Statutes of 1854 An Act declaring the Consent of the Legislature of the State of California to the Purchase by the United States of Signor or Mare Island; to relinquish the Title and Interest of the State in overflowed portions of said Island, and to vest the Jurisdiction over the same in the United States, for the purposes therein specified.
Chapter 81, Statutes of 1897 An Act relinquishing to the United States of America the title of this State to certain lands.
Chapter 1452, Statutes of 1963 An act relating to the conveyance of land to the United States for military, naval, or defense purposes.
Chapter 588, Statutes of 2004 An act to repeal Chapter 310 of the Statutes of 1913, Chapter 417 of the Statutes of 1925, Chapter 483 of the Statutes of 1947, Chapter 117 of the Statutes of 1957, Chapter 1501 of the Statutes of 1957, Sections 10 and 11 of Chapter 11 of the Statutes of 1962, Chapter 63 of the Statutes of 1962 of the First Extraordinary Session, and Chapter 24 of the Statutes of 1963, relating to tidelands and submerged lands of the City of Vallejo.
Staff Report Description
06/27/2000 (36) Consider request for approval of (1) Mare Island Property Settlement and Exchange Agreement between the City of Vallejo and the State Lands Commission; and (2) issuance of a Public Agency Lease of certain property at Mare Island to the City of Vallejo; city of Vallejo, Solano County
09/17/2001 (68) Consider request for approval of an amendment to the Mare Island Property Settlement and Exchange Agreement between the City of Vallejo and the State Lands Commission at Mare Island; city of Vallejo, Solano County
06/18/2002 (26) Consider acceptance of title to the Western Early Transfer Parcel, Mare Island, and entry into related agreements and leases; city of Vallejo, Solano County
02/28/2023 (83) Consider an amendment to the Mare Island Settlement Agreement to facilitate the cemetery parcel transfer from the City of Vallejo to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and to establish a framework to fully implement the Settlement Agreement.