-Originally built to launch Regulus II cruise missiles, Halibut was repurposed to carry out secret reconnaissance missions, ...
Commissioned in 1958, the USS Growler patrolled seas off the coast of Russia during the Cold War.
This is a model of unknown scale of the Regulus II, a U.S. Navy surface-to-surface missile which was to be carried on and launched from the decks of submarines. It had a nuclear warhead, a solid-fuel ...
Launching a Regulus missile took about 15 minutes. Officers on the USS Growler lived in staterooms ... The wardroom was furnished with laminate walls and vinyl seating booths, popular interior design ...
In September, the USS Georgia, a guided-missile submarine ... Commissioned in 1958, the USS Growler carried Regulus II sea-to-surface missiles armed with nuclear warheads. The looming threat ...
Just the second U.S. Navy vessel to be named after the halibut species of fish, SSN-587, or USS Halibut, has the distinction of earning two presidential citations, two Navy Unit Commendations, and the ...
The Regulus 1 was the first operational U.S. Navy cruise missile. Designed to attack ground targets, it carried a nuclear warhead, flew at subsonic speeds up to an altitude of 9,144 meters (30,000 ...