This is where I first joined the USS KILAUEA AE-26 in 1974. The
place was kind of crazy. Who would of thought that you could see a girl
going topless in a Navy Club but that's one of the things I saw back
then. That was one of those corrupting influences of the Navy life. I
broke my arm riding a bike off this base ,the spot will be shown on the
aerial page. This is another place we berthed at when we were not
handling ammo. Now right across that dock is where the old USS HECTOR
AR-7 was tied up at. Hector had a hospital and a dentist. I was sent
there for a dental work up the first week I was aboard . It was also
where I went for my broken arm to be set. There really was not much that
went on at Mare Island it was more or less a place where the ships came
in for repair availabilities and San Francisco Bay berth rotations.
When ever I was here I either caught the slow local Greyhound to Oakland
or San Francisco but when I got involved with HIS WAY I always managed
to catch rides to and from Concord. Concord was only about
25 miles away. Needless to say out side of boot camp this is where my
Naval career started.
