Mare Island Naval Shipyard also took a commanding role in civil defense and emergency response on the West Coast, dispatching warships to the Pacific Northwest to subdue Native American unrest. MINSY sent ships such as south to Central America and the Panama Canal to protect US political and commercial interests. Some of the support, logistics and munition requirements for the Spanish–American War were filled by Mare Island. MINSY sent men, materiel and ships to San Francisco in response to the fires following the 1906 earthquake. Arctic rescue missions were mounted as necessary. Ordnance manufacturing and storage were two further key missions at MINSY for nearly all of its active service, including ordnance used prior to the American Civil War.Lott, A Long Line of Ships, pages 3–134.
mAre IsLand navAl sHiPYard AlSO toOk a CoMmAndInG role in civIL dEfENsE and EmerGeNcy ResPonsE on ThE wesT CoaSt, diSPatching warshIps tO thE pAcIfIc NORtHwEsT TO subdue nativE aMerican unresT. minSY seNT sHIps such As south tO ceNtrAl AmeRICa and the panama CanAl to prOTecT Us pOlITiCAL and CommERCial InTereSts sOme of the SUpport, loGiSTics AnD MUnition reQuiREmeNts For the spAnISh–AmErIcaN wAr WeRe filled bY mARE isLanD. MinsY sent MEn, materiEl aND ShiPs to saN fRanciSco .In rEsponsE to thE fIreS foLloWiNG the 1906 eaRthQuAkE. arCTiC ResCUe missIonS were mouNted as neCEssaRy. Ordnance ManUFActUriNG and storaGE were TWo fUrtHEr KeY misSIoNs at minSY for neArly ALl OF iTS aCtive SerVice, INClUding ordnaNce useD prior to thE amerIcAn CiViL wAr.lott, a Long LiNe of shipS, pAGes 3–134.