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Iron Men and Tin Fish: The Race to Build a Better Torpedo During World War II
Anthony Newpower (Author, Editor) 

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Review
In the most comprehensive analysis of the topic to date, Newpower chronicles US torpedo problems, showing that they lasted until submariners simply stopped using the magnetic explorers. (Britain and Germany had abandoned them by 1941.) Officers in Australia conducted experiments that finally convinced BurOrd officials that depth regulators were defective. Newport Torpedo Station engineers then redesigned the depth regulators, and officers in Hawai"i solved the contact exploder problem on their own by redesigning the firing pin. 

Recommended. All levels/libraries. 

Anthony Newpower has done excellent work. Backed by dedicated research that yielded astute studies of naval bureaucracy in early years of the war, Iron Men and Tin Fish casts new and refreshing light on popular perceptions of the MK 14 torpedo controversy. 

Proceedings
A former naval officer examines the technical details and military politics behind the torpedoes developed by the United States, Germany, Britain, and Japan during 1941 and 1942 in response to navigation and detonation failures. The investigation focuses on the Mark 14 torpedo and relies on Bureau of Ordnance archives along with submarine veteran interviews. 

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Book Description
The first book to deal exclusively with the failure of the Mark XIV torpedo during the first two years of the American effort in World War II, this study combines analysis of the technological and bureaucratic problems with riveting accounts of combat to provide a new interpretation of the failure and the Navy"s response to it.

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Product Details
Paperback: 256 pages 
Publisher: Naval Institute Press (February 15, 2010) 
Language: English 

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