Object Details
- Summary
- Shown here is what appears to be a component of the support cradle for the 33,000-pound thrust booster assembly used on the Navy's JB-2 Loon submarine launched guided missile. The booster burned for half a second during launch, then fell into the water. The Navy conducted tests of the unit on the JB-2 off the California Coast during 1947-1948. The Loon program ended in 1950 in favor of the Regulus 1, the Navy's first operational, submarine launched guided missile.
- Transferred from the U.S. Navy.
- Credit Line
- Donated by U.S. Navy
- ca. 1948
- Inventory Number
- A20070063004
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts
- Materials
- Ferrous Alloy
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 109.2 × 74.9 × 31.7cm (3 ft. 7 in. × 2 ft. 5 1/2 in. × 1 ft. 1/2 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_A20070063004
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93719c3c5-5193-4602-919b-26bd7fbfa6ad
