Ship Killer
Subtitle: A History of the American Torpedo
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781591146889
Subjects: Torpedoes
Description: "In this book, Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar provide a definitive work on the development and use of the torpedo by the U.S. Navy. Their book begins with an overview of the early undersea weapons developed by Bushnell and Fulton, the spar torpedo of the Civil War and attempts to imitate the Whitehead torpedo, and then focuses on American torpedo development for use from submarines, surface warships and small combatants, and aircraft."--Publisher's description.