Ordnance – Rocket launching – Movable launcher
Patent
1981-09-14
1984-09-18
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Rocket launching
Movable launcher
89 18, 89 1817, F41F 304
Patent
active
044716842
ABSTRACT:
A transom missile launching system is configured to mount rigidly above the water line on the stern of ships designated to carry missile type ordnance. The missile launcher consists of two symmetrical modules containing eight missile cells each. Missiles are launched in the normal mode from a "all up round" canister at a fixed angle of about 60.degree. from a line athwartship both to port and to starboard. At this angle the probability of launch into a wave in heavy seas due to ship roll is eliminated. The missiles propulsion motor exhaust gases are vented directly overboard at launch without being directed either within the ship or across the weather deck. At ignition a water tight cover at the base of the launching chamber is blown directly overboard into the water by the exhaust gas pressure and a path is therefore provided for the exhaust gas to be discharged directly into the sea.
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Betzold Edward R.
Johnson Carl T.
Brown David H.
FMC Corporation
Megley Richard B.
Stanley Henry M.
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