U.S. WARSHIP TESTS ROCKET WEAPONS.—A loon, an American version of the German buzz bomb, being launched from the U.S.S. Norton Sound, a seaplane tender, during recent ocean tests of rocket weapons. Projecting from the ship’s deck (right) is a bomb-launching ramp. The ramp used for the loon is hidden by smoke. The Norton Sound later fired the first high-altitude sounding rocket ever launched from a ship. The rocket travelled 68 miles into the upper stratosphere.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25765, 29 March 1949, Page 5
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75U.S. WARSHIP TESTS ROCKET WEAPONS.—A loon, an American version of the German buzz bomb, being launched from the U.S.S. Norton Sound, a seaplane tender, during recent ocean tests of rocket weapons. Projecting from the ship’s deck (right) is a bomb-launching ramp. The ramp used for the loon is hidden by smoke. The Norton Sound later fired the first high-altitude sounding rocket ever launched from a ship. The rocket travelled 68 miles into the upper stratosphere. Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25765, 29 March 1949, Page 5
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