TS Golden Bear was docked at Mare Island in Vallejo on March 12, 2026, during a temporary relocation from the Cal Poly Maritime Academy campus. The nearly 500-foot training ship had been moved to Mare Island for the spring 2026 semester while work continued on the academy’s pier, allowing cadets to continue their hands-on shipboard training before the vessel’s final Summer Sea Term later that year.

TS Golden Bear returned to her homeport at Cal Maritime in Vallejo, California, on July 7, 2023, completing the 2023 Summer Sea Term. The more than 60-day training voyage was my son’s first cruise aboard the ship as a Cal Maritime cadet and included ports across the Pacific as well as crossings of the Equator and International Date Line.