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Aerial view of Wilson
Cove, San Clemente Island,
date unknown.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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Moray test vehicle
(TV-1A) was a two-man,
deep-diving, fast submarine
that would serve as
an undersea "fighter
plane".
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Official U.S. Navy
photo from the Secret
City video.
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CURV
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Official U.S. Navy
photo from R. Summers
collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility launch
pad stool section at
the shipyard, circa
1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility launch
pad stool at the shipyard,
circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility launch
pad stool at the shipyard,
circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility TV camera
tower at the shipyard,
circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility TV camera
tower being erected,
circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility pop-up
launch pad base at the
shipyard, circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility launch
pad stool at the shipyard,
circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility base platform &
stools at the shipyard,
circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Welding shear lugs
on a supporting pile
of the Polaris underwater
test facility base platform,
circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Fabricating one leg
of the Polaris underwater
test facility base platform,
circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility launch
pad stool at San Clemente
Island, circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Polaris underwater
test facility launch
pad stool on a work
barge at San Clemente
Island, circa 1958.
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photo G. Verver collection.
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Dummy Polaris missile
tests pop-up launcher,
San Clemente, November
1958.
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Naval Aviation News
photo.
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ASROC missile, launched
from USS Norfolk, streaks
skyward during a test
firing, September 1963.
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Naval Aviation News
photo.
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SUBROC missile, launched
from a submerged submarine,
streaks skyward during
a test firing, September
1963.
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Naval Aviation News
photo.
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Wilson Cove, San
Clemente Island. It
was here that
development
testing was done on
programs such as ASROC,
Polaris and SUBROC.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo, 20 May 1966 Rocketeer,
courtesy of Bob Puszcz.
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Fish Hook Crane &
Polaris.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo from R. Summers
collection.
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Polaris test, undated.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo from R. Summers
collection.
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ASROC.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo from R. Summers
collection.
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U.S.S. Coral Sea,
CVA-43.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo from R. Summers
collection.
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At 10:30 p.m., Wednesday,
November 9, the Greek
freighter White Eagle
was spotted fast aground
on the west side of
San Clemente Island.
Two holds and the engine
room were reported to
be flooded. Rocketeer
photo
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USCG HH-52A Sea King
s/n 1497 at San Clemente
Island as the crew prepares
a landing zone for new
HH-65A helicopters 26
October 1986. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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VS-35 Blue Wolves
S-3B Viking NK-700 with
a Douglas D-704 refueling
tank along San Clemente
Island, 15 December
1995.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo by PH1 Mahlon
Miller.
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VS-35 Blue Wolves
S-3B Viking NK-700 with
a Douglas D-704 refueling
tank along San Clemente
Island, 15 December
1995.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo by PH1 Mahlon
Miller.
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Top Gun F/A-18A BuNo
162875, #55, over NALF
San Clemente Island,
20 December 1995.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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Top Gun F/A-18A BuNo
162875, #55, BuNo's
unknown #42, #52 &
#00 over NALF San Clemente
Island, 20 December
1995.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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VRC-30 C-2A Greyhound
BuNo 162176, NF-21,
and unknown C-12 Huron
over NALF San Clemente
Island, 20 December
1996.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo
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Top Gun F/A-18A Hornet
BuNo 162891, #52, and
F/A-18B Hornet BuNo
161733, #02 near NALF
San Clemente Island,
14 January 1999.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo by PH2 J. S. Viano.
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Top Gun F/A-18B Hornet
BuNo 161733, #02,
with
LGTR's near NALF San
Clemente Island, 14
January 1999.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo by PH2 J. S. Viano.
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HSL-45 SH-60 Seahawk,
TZ-15, launches a Hellfire
missile during a live-fire
exercises near San Clemente
Island, 14 January 1999.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo by PH2 J. S. Viano.
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HSL-47 SH-60 Seahawk,
TY-77, launches a AGM-114B
Hellfire missile during
a live-fire exercises
near San Clemente Island,
25 August 1999.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo by PH1 Franklin
Call.
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A Tactical Tomahawk
Cruise Missile, approaches
the target impact point
at San Clemente Island
during a contractor
test and evaluation,
23 August 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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A Tactical Tomahawk
Cruise Missile, explodes
on target at San Clemente
Island during a contractor
test and evaluation,
23 August 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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