{"id":2055,"date":"1996-04-01T23:51:45","date_gmt":"1996-04-01T23:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/1996\/12\/09\/mare-island-californias-gold-704\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:35:42","slug":"mare-island-californias-gold-704","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/1996\/04\/01\/mare-island-californias-gold-704\/","title":{"rendered":"Mare Island &#8211; California&#039;s Gold (704)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The first on the entire west coast, with 142 years of service to our nation, the Mare Island Naval Shipyard has been a long time builder of California&#8217;s naval gold. Join Huell as he takes us on one of the last tours of the base which is to be closed due to military downsizing. 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