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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 95129

"Illustrations of Torpedo Warfare"

Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 14 July 1877, depicting (from top to bottom):
"1. American Torpedo Vessel Alarm", with her torpedo projecting equipment deployed;
"2. Outrigged Torpedo Pinnace attacking an Iron-clad";
"3. A Launch laying down Submarine Mines to protect Entrance to Harbor";
"4. Electrical Pinnace with Counter-Mines"; and
"5. Whitehead Torpedo".
This engraving accompanied an article entitled "Torpedo Warfare", which is reproduced in Photo # NH 95129 (extended caption).

Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.

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2 May 2002