Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Intertype Corporation
- Summary
- This is a reel for use with the Wadsworth Mount grapnel line throwing rocket, which was tested 1944-1945 using standard U.S. Navy and other ordnance rockets.
- The rocket system was developed by the American inventor Wadsworth Mount (1907-1985) for the purpose of throwing life lines for rescue work at sea, or from ship to shore as life saving rockets and used standard U.S. Navy 1.25-in (3.175 cm) and 3.25-in (8.26 cm) rockets. The grapnel rockets were also to be used to climb cliffs and for breaching beach defenses. However, the system was not adopted by the military. Mount donated the reel, along with the full kit, to the Smithsonian in 1976.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Wadsworth Mount
- Inventory Number
- A19771118003
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts
- Materials
- HAZMAT: Cadmium
- Ferrous Alloys
- Ink
- Paint
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Diameter x Height): 47 × 15.9cm (1 ft. 6 1/2 in. × 6 1/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19771118003
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d860c1e6-ddd0-49a8-b348-09719b2bf82c
