Goat Island and the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station: Guncotton, Smokeless Powder and Torpedoes
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Weak maritime nations have always sought to augment the strength of their coastal defenses and navies by the use of "diabolical" contrivances for destroying an invader's ships.
The history of the adoption of the torpedo as a recognized implement of warfare is not unlike that of gunpowder or of exploding shells. Each in its turn was met by the cry, "Inhuman, barbarous, unchivalrous."
During the American Civil War, the Confederate Navy employed...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1634990137
ISBN13:9781634990134
Release Date:November 2016
Publisher:America Through Time
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"
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