American Postwar 14-inch rocket, "Richard"

[YourChair]

In the US Carriers book, Friedman mentions that after the war, considerations had to be made in carrier designs for a "14-inch rocket", that did not progress far enough to enter service:

The only information on this rocket I could find comes from the Wikipedia article on the Tiny Tim:

(I would assume that these two 14" rockets are the same.)
The source for this passage is from Popular Mechanics:
https://books.google.com/books?id=O-ADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA113#v=onepage&q&f=false
...which provides images:



Does anyone have any more information on this weapon (e.g. technical specifications, drawings, data tables)?

(Side note: "Fourteen-inch Richard" is quite a name for a rocket weapon. Certainly it will "penetrate" a lot of ships...)

 

[TomS]

Side note: "Fourteen-inch Richard" is quite a name for a rocket weapon.

From Tiny Tim to Big D***, that was definitely not an accident.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

According to Wolf,

This rocket started development in the spring of 1945 but had a very low priority assigned so beyond a few prototypes it really didn't get much attention. Development continued at a low priority to Jan 1947.

 

[NMaude]

From Tiny Tim to Big D***, that was definitely not an accident.

Going from Tiny Tim to a 14" Dick.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Going from Tiny Tim to a 14" dick.

That would be a Big Johnson. Not a 14" private detective...

 

[publiusr]

I have a fwend in Wome called Biggus...

 

[YourChair]

Was doing some other research and remembered this; I was able to find some information on this rocket (and others) in this PDF:
https://myeatoncanyon.com/wp-conten...altech-NDRC-Navy-rocket-program-1941-1946.pdf