03180oam 2200709 a 450 991097530610332120240506140326.097984006727749780313080517031308051810.5040/9798400672774(CKB)1000000000487867(StDuBDS)AH25001439(SSID)ssj0000183819(PQKBManifestationID)11170427(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183819(PQKBWorkID)10195387(PQKB)10939479(Au-PeEL)EBL5301681(CaPaEBR)ebr11512930(OCoLC)1024253997(MiAaPQ)EBC5301681(DLC)BP9798400672774BC(EXLCZ)99100000000048786720240214e20062024 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrIron men and tin fish the race to build a better torpedo during World War II /Anthony Newpower1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger Security International,2006.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (xiv, 235 p. ) illWar, technology, and history,1556-4929Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780275990329 027599032X Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-224) and index.Cover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Early Torpedo Development -- 2. A Deadly New Application -- 3. "… to Fight with a Wooden Gun" -- 4. Deep Trouble (U.S. Torpedoes 7 December 1941-3 June 1942) -- 5. Success beyond Expectations -- 6. Lockwood to the Rescue -- 7. Outclassed -- 8. "We Don't Like Prematures" -- 9. The Toothless Sharks -- 10. A Weapon Worthy of the Crews It Served -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.Deals with the torpedo problem, building its case out of original research from the archives of the Bureau of Ordnance, Vice Admiral Lockwood's personal correspondence, and records from the Admiralty in the British National Archives. This work is complemented by correspondence and interviews with men who participated in the events.War, technology, and history.TorpedoesUnited StatesDesign and constructionHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945EquipmentWorld War, 1939-1945Naval operationsSubmarineTorpedoesDesign and constructionHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Equipment.World War, 1939-1945Naval operationsSubmarine.940.54/5Newpower Anthony1967-1797874DLCDLCBAKERC#PYDXCPOCLCQDLCBOOK9910975306103321Iron men and tin fish4340366UNINA