Image: USS St. Mary's (1844) in drydock at Mare Island
Description: USS St. Mary's in the first dry dock established at Mare Island Navy Yard, ca. 1854. The sectional dry dock was built in New York and shipped out to California in sections around Cape Horn. St. Mary's was one of the first ships to use the dock.
Title: USS St. Mary's (1844) in drydock at Mare Island
Credit: Lott, Arnold S. (1954). A Long Line of Ships: Mare Island's Century of Naval Activity in California. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. p. 18.
Author: U.S. Navy
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