Operations Sandy and Pushover

Launch of a captured V-2 rocket from deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-41) during "Operation Sandy", 6 September 1947.

Operation Sandy was the codename for the post-World War II launch of a captured V-2 rocket from the deck of the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway on September 6, 1947. It marked the first launch of a large rocket, and the only time for a V-2, from a ship at sea.[1] Operation Pushover was a follow-up test in late 1949 to assess the danger to a carrier from a V-2 explosion.

  1. ^ "Notes Regarding History of V-2 Operations at White Sands". Marshall Space Flight Center. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2010.