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Re: [OM] OT: Naval museums now (UK SSNs)

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Naval museums now (UK SSNs)
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 21:52:00 -0700
Early in WWII about half the US torpedoes failed to operate properly. One of
my uncles was a destroyer torpedo man and was taken off ship and sent to
Penn State University to work on this problem. They built a water tunnel
there (like an aircraft wind tunnel) to do torpedo development work. After
he left the Navy he stayed there and managed that facility until he died at
the ripe old age of 46. /jim

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In World War II, the US Navy spent ~2% of its resources on submarines (all
diesel), and the submarines were responsible for 50% of tonnage sunk.  This
was in spite of the somewhat ramshackle nature of the then US submarine
fleet and especially their torpedeos.  (For instance, Japanese torpedeos had
about four times the range.)


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