Abstract: A method of loading a cell of a vertical launching system missile launcher n a combatant ship with a canistered missile from a supply ship wherein the canistered missile is transferred from the supply ship to a fixed guide on the deck of the combatant ship, upended in the guide, moved away to a position over the cell of the missile launcher, and then lowered into the cell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 27, 1989
Date of Patent:
October 3, 1989
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy