The most astonishing incident I've read about the failures coincident with US torpedo fuzing in WWII concerns Albert Einstein. He was, as I remember, touring the torpedo works on Goat Island, RI prior to the war. He was very proudly handed a Mk 6 fuze to examine. After looking, he quickly said that it would never work to the shock of all assembled. But wait. Thereafter, he returned to New York and drew a diagram denoting the required fixes and sent it to the navy. All ignored.
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Cordially,
Neil
CAPT USN (Ret.)
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