Kuedza kwokutanga kwakaitwa musi waJune 24, 1942, kumwe kuedza muna August kwakaratidza kubudirira zvakakwana kuti Navy Bureau of Ordnance iite kurayira kwokutanga kweMabhomba eBarage Rocket 3.000; chombo chacho chakapinzwa mubasa rokurwa muna November iwoyo, mukati mokupinda kwechamhembe kweAfrica
. Yakapfurwa kubva pamapfuti gumi nemaviri uye inokwanisa kuve yakagadzirirwa neyakajairwa yakakwira inoputika kana chena phosphorus warhead, angangoita 1,600,000 mienzaniso yeBBR yakavakwa; kunyangwe hazvo roketi rakaratidza kuti harina kunyatsoita basa, rakashandiswa zvakanyanya, uye rairemekedzwa zvikuru nenhengo dzemauto emvura. Migumisiro yeBridge Barrage Rocket pachinangwa chayo yakatsanangurwa seyakaenzana neyokurohwa nemarobhoti anorema.