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Operation Sandy: sea launch of a V-2 from the deck USS Midway (1947) (www.youtube.com)

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This is film of Operation Sandy, the first sea launch of a large rocket. It took place on the deck of the USS Midway in 1947, with a captured V-2 setting off at a janky angle and then breaking up before making it to 5 kilometers high:

I've linked to the flight portion of a newsreel about the whole thing.

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