Record #:

34900

Author(s):

Maurer, Kevin

Abstract:

In the mid-1940’s, the Navy worked with Johns Hopkins University to test ramjet engines called Operation Bumblebee. Topsail Island was seized as a testing area, and for two years, over 200 rockets left the launchpads. Several of the towers used to test the engines are still standing on Topsail Island and have been reutilized as vacation properties.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 1, June 2017, p146-150, il

Subject(s):

Topsail Island--History; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations