Bonus: Steve Taugner

Battleships to beer: 10 years of Mare island brewing co.

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Bonus Episode

September 3, 2024

Ryan coaxes Steve Taugner, electrician to the Island, over to the Admiral’s Mansion and teases out of him first-hand stories of the top-secret Ivy Bells mission. Is all this material formally unclassified?…well, we think so...

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Click on the photos below to learn more about each of these moments referenced in the episode!

Steve Taugner, next to the tank named in his honor.
"The Taugner".
Richard B. Russell (SSN-687) crosses under an emptied Bay Bridge in San Francisco for a photo shoot.
Richard B. Russell (SSN-687), pulling out of Mare Island Straits in 1989.
Inside the "Pink Palace", formerly the home of the top-secret Ocean Engineering.
The "Pink Palace", Ocean Engineering's former headquarters.
Our Ivy Bells Pilsner label, named after Operation Ivy Bells.
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