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Mare Island Historic Park Museum
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Life-size Polaris missile mockup dominates the park across from the museum.
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As I recall from when studied this stuff as a teenager, the Polaris missiles were propelled from the submarine tubes from just under the surface by steam. The solid fuel of the missiles was ignited once they cleared the surface. Range: 1,600 miles for the first generation (later superseded by the Poseidon missiles).
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Knots.
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The latest in WWII communications technologies.
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A clandestine radio transmitter.
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The Iwo Jima flag was made at Mare Island.
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Racial history, with the Japanese and the African-Americans at Port Chicago, is given its due.
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Hiring now!
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A prosthetic leg.
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A Mekong River Delta patrol boat.
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Under construction - the control room of the submarine USS Vallejo.
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More on the Vallejo.
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Model of the USS Vallejo.
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Figurehead from the USS Independence, War of 1812.
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