Plaque, Model, Missile, Regulus I, 1:10
Object Details
- Summary
- This is a plaque accompanying a model of the Regulus I, a U.S. Navy surface-to-surface missile carried on and launched from the decks of submarines. It had a nuclear warhead, a solid-fuel engine, one booster for assist in take-off, a range of 400 miles, and a guidance system using radio commands from the submarine. The missile was deployed on a limited number of submarines during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The plaque commemorates the 1000th flight of the missile from the U.S.S. Barbero in August 1960. It sits on a wood base. Chance Vought Aircraft made the model and the plaque and donated them to the Museum.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Chance-Vought Aircraft, Inc.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A19610047002
- Manufacturer
- Chance Vought Aircraft
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Wood
- Copper Alloy
- Varnish
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Copper Alloy Plaque): 25.4 × 15.2 × 0.3cm (10 × 6 × 1/8 in.)
- 3-D (Wood Base): 27.9 × 17.6 × 1.6cm (11 × 6 15/16 × 5/8 in.)
- Storage: 33.3 × 22.5 × 7cm (13 1/8 × 8 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Record ID
- nasm_A19610047002
