Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 40
be less only one worth mentioning is to have a big netstretched around the ship, hanging down intothe water from the ends of long booms whichstand out from her sides. The net is weightedto hang down to the level of the keel, and sur-rounds the ship like a huge cage. A torpedocaught in its meshes… … THE AMERICAN TORPEDO BOAT. THE CUSHINC. dangerous for the torpedo boat, for it would notafford the men on the ship a good aim at her. The most approved weapon as yet used inthese boats is the Whitehead torpedo. It isa long, cigar-shaped projectile which runs underwater by machinery after it is…
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