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Building the Mosquito Fleet: The U.S. Navy's First Torpedo Boats
Building the Mosquito Fleet The US Navy's First Torpedo Boats
Author: Richard V. Simpson
In 1877, the U.S. Navy purchased the fast steam yacht Stiletto from the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island, for ìautomobileî torpedo experiments in Narragansett Bay. The submarine service was in its infancy, and interest in the self-propelled torpedo as an undersea weapon flourished. Herreshoffís fast, steam...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780738505084
ISBN-10: 0738505080
Publication Date: 11/20/2001
Pages: 128
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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
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