The first panel of windows as you enter the chapel. The inscriptions below each window read (from L to R):

In Memory of Rear Admiral John Drake Sloat, Who Took Possession of California With a Naval Force, July 7, 1846.

In Memory of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, First Commandant of the Navy Yard, Mare Island,. 1854-58.

In Memory of Commodore Robert Field Stockton, Who Completed the Conquest of California with Naval and Land Forces. 1846-47.

Beneath those dedications is the inscription: "This memorial is erected by Citizens of San Francisco, Friends of these Heroes, and Native Sons of the Golden West.".