SSM-N-8 Regulus
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The SSM-N-8A Regulus, also known as the Regulus I and RGM-6, was a nuclear-capable turbojet-powered second generation cruise missile operated by the US Navy between 1955 and 1964. Its development was
SSM-N-8 Regulus I on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
USS Tunny launches a Regulus I in 1956.
A Regulus I fired from USS Los Angeles, 1957.
A KDU-1 target drone
USS Halibut (SSGN-587)
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USS Halibut, a unique nuclear-powered guided missile submarine-turned-special operations platform, later redesignated as an attack submarine SSN-587, was the second ship of the United States Navy to b
SSM-N-8 Regulus
…patrol submarines. They were joined in 1958 by two purpose-built Regulus submarines, USS Grayback and USS Growler, and, later, by the nuclear-powered USS Halibut. Halibut, with its extremely large internal hangar could carry five missiles and was intended to be the prototype of a whole new class of cruise missile…
USS Halibut
Halibut firing a Regulus missile next to the aircraft carrier Lexington, 25 March 1960
Halibut with Diamond Head in the background in late 1965. Note her topside thruster and lack of DSRV
View of Halibut departing San Francisco, likely in the mid-1970s.