The submarine in war and peace; its developments and its possibilities (1918)
Lake, Simon, 1866-1945 · Philadelphia London : J.B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 258
without injury when mounted on her specialtrucks. Vessels of this type, which would have a surfacespeed of ten to twelve knots and a submerged speed of tenknots, would be readily constructed. They could carry asmany as eight Whitehead torpedoes and have a radius ofaction on the surface of about two… … USE OF THE SUBMARINE IN WAR at railroad speed. Fifty submarines of this type wouldprobably be more efficient in time of need for protecting ourthousands of miles of-coast line than would many times thesame number of fourteen-knot boats distributed over thesame number of miles of coast line. In the…
Submarines (Ships)
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