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
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.
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
USS Halibut (SSGN-587)
…but was completed with nuclear power under SCB 137A. She was the first submarine initially designed to launch guided missiles. Intended to carry the Regulus I and Regulus II nuclear cruise missiles, her main deck was high above the waterline to provide a dry "flight deck." Her missile system was completely…
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