Building the Mosquito Fleet:: The Us Navy's First Torpedo Boats by Richard V. Simpson

Building the Mosquito Fleet:: The Us Navy's First Torpedo Boats

Richard V. Simpson

160 pages missing pub info (editions)

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In 1877, the U.S. Navy purchased the fast steam yacht Stiletto from the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island, for "automobile" torpedo experiments in Narragansett Bay. The submarine service was in its infancy, and interest in ...

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