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| Keywords: USS Carbonero (SS-337) launching Loon missile in 1949.jpg The U S Navy submarine USS Carbonero SS-337 launching a JB-2 Loon missile off Hawaii USA Two Loons were launched by Carbonero and USS Cusk SSG-348 equipped with smoke generators to fly as aerial targets over ships of the U S First Task Fleet centered around the aircraft carriers USS Boxer CV-21 and USS Valley Forge CV-45 However the jet-propelled targets could not be shot down by either anti-aircraft artillery or fighter planes during its flight of 130 km http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah195001 pdf January 1950 p 34 1949 U S Navy All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official U S Navy photographs unless otherwise designated PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Carbonero SS-337 Republic-Ford JB-2 | ||||
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