The submarine in war and peace; its developments and its possibilities (1918)
Lake, Simon, 1866-1945 · Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 138
ver her ser-vices would be required. Only three men were requiredfor her crew. She was built at the shops of the Delamater IronWorks, at the foot of West Thirteenth Street, New York,and launched in May, 1881. During her construction mycuriosity was excited by the apparent incredulity of someof the… … PIONEER INVENTORS OF THE SUBMARINE cially by men who should have known better, but the troublewith them was almost the same as I encountered later amongthe staff officers of the navy, viz., because they were, almostwithout exception, of English, Welsh, or Scotch descent,experienced in all kinds of…
Submarines (Ships)
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