MAKE A MEME View Large Image CVE-91 PTMR missile target NAN9-61.jpg The former U S escort carrier USS Makassar Strait CVE-91 being used as an anchored missile target at the Pacific Missile Range in the late 1950s The ship was anchored without crew some 90 km 53 mi off ...
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Keywords: CVE-91 PTMR missile target NAN9-61.jpg The former U S escort carrier USS Makassar Strait CVE-91 being used as an anchored missile target at the Pacific Missile Range in the late 1950s The ship was anchored without crew some 90 km 53 mi off Pt Mugu California USA The ship's electronics were operated by remote control The carrier's task was to take direct hits from unarmed surface-launched missiles to gain data on their performance U S Navy Naval Aviation News September 1961 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1961/Sep61 pdf ca 1958-1960 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Makassar Strait CVE-91 Pacific Missile Test Center Point Mugu
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