Published: October, 2001 Member, WTA Board What is the IBU? We’re the largest inland maritime union on the West Coast. We were founded in San Francisco in 1918 as the Ferryboatmen’s Union of California, later renamed the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (the IBU). Our Union extends from Alaska to Washington, including Oregon, California and […]
By Captain Ray Published: August, 2015 In last month’s edition of Bay Crossings, I began telling the history of Mare Island and the U.S. Naval Shipyard that used the island for 142 years. This month I will complete this fascinating tale. Mare Island served military needs throughout its time as a naval base. In the […]
Published: August, 2001 Our serialization of the priceless 1930’s Works Project Administration history of the Port Oakland continues. In returning the ordinance to the council without his approval, Carpentier let it be known that his veto was not of the perfunctory sort. Hostility does not exactly cover his attitude. His motions passed through all the […]
