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What did the submarine USS Barbero do on June 8, 1959, at 9:10 a.m. that has never been duplicated?
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#107391. Asked by sirfrank. (Jul 25 09 5:59 PM)
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Launched "Missile Mail".
"The USPS tried their first and only delivery of "Missile Mail", though the idea of delivering mail by rocket was not new. Shortly before noon on 8 June 1959, off the northern Florida coast, Barbero fired a Regulus cruise missile towards the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Mayport, Florida. Twenty-two minutes later the training type missile landed at its target; its training-type warhead having been configured to contain two official USPS mail containers."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Barbero_%28SS-317%29
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